Are apps more valuable to Apple than music? Yes, by a long way.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Understandably, much of the post-keynote analysis of Apple's "Let's Talk About iPhone" event focused on hardware: the new iPhone 4S and the lack of an iPhone 5. Software also got a look-in, particularly the Siri voice control features of the new handset, and the imminent debut of Apple's iCloud service.

Less feted, but no less important, were some significant figures around Apple's content business. 250 million iOS device sales have pushed total App Store downloads past the 18 billion mark, leaving music downloads from the iTunes Store (16 billion and counting) in their wake. Not that useful a direct comparison, of course, because a much …