Steve Jobs was shocked by the success of the App Store

FILE – In this January 15, 2008, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs brandishes the new MacBook Air after delivering the opening speech at the Apple MacWorld conference in San Francisco.

(AP)

The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, is considered one of the most influential technology visionaries of a generation, but he could not predict everything

. , the device has not provided any support for third party software. Jobs thought that web-based web applications could provide adequate functionality, but developers quickly managed to "jailbreak" the phone and start coding third-party applications and placing them on the device via programs like Installer.app.

with the release of the iPhone OS 2.0, Apple launched the App Store and officially launched the development and distribution of third-party applications on the platform.

But Steve Jobs had no idea how big it would take.

Click on news.com.au for more information.