I learned something today: don't have more than 144 apps/9 screens of apps!

[crunc]

Yes, I had more than 144 including the built-in apps. Or at least I must have given what happened to me this morning. I'm not sure if it was 145 or what, but I can tell you that if you end up with more apps then will fit on 9 screen (16 per screen), you are in for trouble. 144 apps fill up 9 screens and there is no 10th screen of apps, or at least you can not see nor get to it! Moreover, App updates become problematic.

I discovered this this morning when I installed the latest update to Toy Bot Diaries Free, doing so from the AppStore app on my iPod touch. I could see the busy spinning thing in the top bar indicating that it was downloading it, but no where was the installation actually appearing on screen. I moved to the last screen and it wasn't there, nor was it happening on any other of the 9 available screens. Since the 2.1 firmware update, installs like this happen in the next available spot, but then the updated app jumps back to where the original was. That didn't happen this time. Instead what must have been my 145th app, which apparently must have already been past the 9th screen already, moved into view and Toy Bot Diaries Free had gone *poof*.

It was there - the AppStore said it was installed. I tried deleting some apps I didn't use, but of course this doesn't cause apps on the next screen to move onto the previous, so TBDF must have just remained on the invisible screen 10. I tried deleting the app from iTunes, but then at the next sync it just copied it back from my iPod touch - it didn't even give me a choice. I finally resolved this by going into the Application options screen for my iPod touch within iTunes and changing to syncing only selected apps, and then unchecking Toy Bot Diaries along with some others I didn't use. Of course doing this also deletes all the app data, so you lose progress! I then synced, which deleted all those apps. Then I re-checked Toy Bot Diaries and synced and finally it was back again, albeit back at square one.

So, just be warned that currently the iPod Touch 2.1 firmware does not handle 10 screens of apps and, in fact, handles it quite poorly. It seems to let you install more than 144 apps, but it will not show them. You would think that with the AppStore having so many apps, and so many free ones, that it wouldn't be that surprising that someone could end up with 145 apps or even 300.

[NJPodder]

Have you considered a healthier addiction, such as alcohol abuse or vicadin?

:p

[mek]

so basically we have to load and unload them as we need them until apple designs another layer of the interface, maybe a button at the 145th spot, that will load an entire subset of another 144 spots, the first one being a return to the first layer...actually that would be kinda impractical

[NotYou]

Have you considered a healthier addiction, such as alcohol abuse or vicadin?

:p

I've also found the app store to be a horrible addiction, though I only have four pages and half is games. it seems pretty common though:
http://www.iphonesavior.com/iphone-app-store-addiction.html

I didn't read the whole article, but the cartoon was funny. I think it about sums things up for most iPhone users.

[BrettArchibald]

...I tried deleting some apps I didn't use, but of course this doesn't cause apps on the next screen to move onto the previous...

It will if you delete one entire screen of icons. ie: when you delete all the icons from one screen you cannot be left with an "empty" screen. So deleting all the icons from screen number 4 (for example) means that what was previously screen number 5 will now become the new screen number 4.

I agree it's not the best solution though, but would have worked in an "emergency" situation like this...

[palenoue]

Have you considered a healthier addiction, such as alcohol abuse or vicadin?

:p

My iPhone App addiction is currently fighting with my World of Warcraft addiction.

[tosui]

Seriously, anything past 117 apps is just unnecessary! Beyond that and you're just a junkie :eek:

[dudehuge]

My iPhone App addiction is currently fighting with my World of Warcraft addiction.


That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche :P

[NJPodder]

My iPhone App addiction is currently fighting with my World of Warcraft addiction.

Yes, I suffer the same problem, and I have also been neglecting my alcohol addiction lately thanks to always browsing the app store. Someday, you will see those ambulance-chaser lawyers on TV with ads like "Has your quality of life been affected by addiction to the iPhone/Touch app store? IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!! Call the number on your screen now..."

[dwsolberg]

I only have 73 applications! Addiction is only if you have more than 100 or if you look for new applications first thing in the morning. (Oh wait....)

[crunc]

Well, I narrowed mine down by 10 or so, and that's the second step to recovery isn't it? I'm not sure if I've done the first step yet or not.

Hey - here's an idea. List every single application you have. If you dare. Not counting the standard apps, of course. I'll let somebody else start. :)

[VeganTnT]

I have ten full pages =(

There is a tenth page but you can not see it. SO I put things like the stocks, notes, and ipod app (I use the double home button) in there.

After about 7 or 8 full pages the your device will start slowing down. Every time you add/remove/shift apps your device has to make a new map of where everything is. If that map process takes longer that 2 minutes for whatever reason your device will shut itself down and be stuck in an infinite boot cycle =/

I learned that the hard way and am now down to 6 pages

[NotYou]

I only have 73 applications! Addiction is only if you have more than 100 or if you look for new applications first thing in the morning. (Oh wait....)



Hey, if they didn't post them in the middle of the night, we wouldn't have to look first thing in the morning...

What is Apple doing to us?

[different]

Hey - here's an idea. List every single application you have. If you dare. Not counting the standard apps, of course. I'll let somebody else start. :)

Asphalt4
Aurora Feint
BiiBall 3D
Billy Frontier
BlocksClassic
Bug Bounce
Cannon Challenge
Castles
Chopper
Circular Assault
Cocktails
Cowabunga
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart
Critter Crunch
Cro Mag Rally
Cube Runner
CubicMan Deluxe
De Blob
Dizzy Bee
Dreigit
Enigmo
Expando
Fire Drop
Fuzzle
Galcon
Golden Skull
Hanoi
Hiqup
iFroggy Prince
iSnap
Koi Pond
Labyrinth Lite
Line Rider iRide
MetaSquares
Morocco
MotionX Poker
Newsstand
OmNomNom
PapiJump
Pennies
Pianist
PocketGuitar
Puzzloop
Radius
Remote
Removem (free)
Sketches
Solebon Solitaire
Super Monkey Ball
TanZen
TextGuru
Touch4: FS5
Toy Bot Diaries
Toy Bot Diaries (free)
Tris
Trism
Tunnels
Units

:eek:

[vandy1997]

Cool list. You have apps for all occasions. All you need is a tip app and a flashlight app. :D You need to jailbreak and install Categories as soon as possible!! :)

Asphalt4
Aurora Feint
BiiBall 3D
Billy Frontier
BlocksClassic
Bug Bounce
Cannon Challenge
Castles
Chopper
Circular Assault
Cocktails
Cowabunga
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart
Critter Crunch
Cro Mag Rally
Cube Runner
CubicMan Deluxe
De Blob
Dizzy Bee
Dreigit
Enigmo
Expando
Fire Drop
Fuzzle
Galcon
Golden Skull
Hanoi
Hiqup
iFroggy Prince
iSnap
Koi Pond
Labyrinth Lite
Line Rider iRide
MetaSquares
Morocco
MotionX Poker
Newsstand
OmNomNom
PapiJump
Pennies
Pianist
PocketGuitar
Puzzloop
Radius
Remote
Removem (free)
Sketches
Solebon Solitaire
Super Monkey Ball
TanZen
TextGuru
Touch4: FS5
Toy Bot Diaries
Toy Bot Diaries (free)
Tris
Trism
Tunnels
Units

:eek:

[VeganTnT]

Ad hoc helper
Aim
Air Sharing
AS German
AS Spanish
Asphalt 4
Aurora Feint Beta
Aurora Feint
Battle at Sea
BiiBall
Blue Skies
Break Classic
Break Touch
Circular Assault
Cookie Bonus Sloitare
Crash Kart
Critter Crunch
Cro-Mag Racing
Cube Runner
de Blob
Diner Dash
Dizzy Bee
Enigmo
Expando
Facebook
Fat Free Video Poker
FLOverload
Flying Rider
Funky Punch
Fuzzle
Galcon
Imangi
Iprocrastinate
iSplume
Jaadu VNC
Koi Pond
Labyrinth
Line Rider
LootMaster
Lumen
Meditation Timer
MetaSquares
Missle Command
Mobilechat
Monkey Ball
Mote-M
Mote-M Beta
Motion X Poker
Myspace
NetNewsWire
NetShare
NowPlaying
Numba
OmniTuner
OmNomNom
Overload
Overload Beta
Pandora Radio
PapiJump
PapiPole
PapiRiver
Phone Saber
PocketGuitar
Pole Position Remix
Poptiq
Putt Putt Golf
Puzzloop
Raging Thunder
Radius
Reign of Swords
Remote
Real Soccer 09
Rulla
Scrabble
Scribball
Sextuple Word Challenge
Shazam
Simplyfy Media
Smart GO
Stone of Destiny
Sonic Lighter
South Park Imagination Land
tap Tap Revenge
Texas Hold'em
Toy Bot Diaries
Tris
Trism
Tuner
Twinkle
Twittelator Pro
Twitterrific Pro
Vay
Virtual Pool
WeDict
What's On
Wordpress
Wurdle
X-Plane
1 Password
2 Across
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That's 100

I also have
NES
bossprefs
snapture
cycorder
quickgold

[crunc]

Oh man - I guess I started this, so I'd better list mine, showing app name as shown on my iPod Touch, and full name for those I know it offhand):

2 Across LE
21 Pro Blackjack Sponsored
3-Tuple
ABContacts
AccuFuel
AIM
Air Hockey (Acceleroto version)
AirSharing
Aliens Invade (Alien Invasion)
Anaconda
AOL Radio
Athletics
Aurora Feint
BiiBallLite
Billy Frontier
BJ Run Lite
Blanks
BlueSkies
Brain Tuner
BreakClassicLite
Butterflies
Calc
CannonGame
Challenge (Sextuple Word Challenge Lite)
ChimpsAhoy
Chopper
Comet Lite (Comet Cowboy Lite)
Conversions
Cro-Mag (Cro-Mag Rally)
Cube Runner
Cubes Lite
Currency
Dactyl
Dice (MotionX Dice)
Dizzy Bee
Dreigit (ouch!)
eBay
EDUBlaster
eReader
Expando
Facebook
FireDrop
FlipBook Lite
FlyingRider
Football Lite (Paper Football Lite)
FPLite (Funky Punch Lite)
Frotz
Fuzzle
Galcon
GhostEX (no - don't do it! It's just as terrible as it looks... even worse)
Go Out (DC Going Out Guide)
Google
Hangman
iDoodle2lite
Instapaper
Invasion (Space Invasion)
iPhrase
iSlots
JirboBreak
Jirbomatch
KuGon (Lite)
Labyrinth LE
LED Football
Light (yes, I find it genuinely useful because it boosts screen brightness to max, thus better then just any old screen)
Lumen Lite
MissingCalc
Moonlight Lite (Moonlight Mahjong Lite)
Morocco
Mote-M
myTo-Dos
NetNewsWire
Now Playing
NowLocal
NYTimes
OmNom Lite
Pandora
PapiJump
PapiPole
PapiRiver
pearMe
People
PhoneFlix
Poker (Motion-X Poker)
PowerBall-LE
PuzzloopFree
Radius
Remote
Restaurants
Roller Coaster Physics
RulerPlus
Scramboni
Scribble
Serbian
Sol Free
Solitaire (Cookie Bonus Solitaire)
SP2 Lite (Super Pong 2 Lite, now called Super Ball 2 Lite)
Space Out
SplashID
Sportacular
Stackit
Stanza
Tap Tap (Revenge)
TipStar
TnL (Thunder & Lightning)
Tomatoes
Toy Bot (Toy Bot Diaries)
Toy Bot Free (Toy Bot Diaries Free)
Travelocity
Tris
Trism
Tuner
Vay
VNC (Mocha VNC Lite)
WeatherBug
WeDict
WeightTrack
What's On?
WhiteNoise
Wikipanion
Wordabble
WordMix
WordWhirl
YouNote
YPmobile
Zenbe


That makes 125. Now, how many do I actually use? Does it matter? It's kind of like kids collecting Pokemon, but a lot easier.