Comments on: 10,000 iPhone Apps: Why We Care And You Should

By: paul

paul — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:19:30 +0000

App developers. Need to look at corporate ops solutions…still an open market and first in wins. I’m launching a new company…..need partners.

By: Hey Google: Android Market Requests! | Android Phone Fans

Hey Google: Android Market Requests! | Android Phone Fans — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:24:12 +0000

[...] expected, with Paid Applications in the Android Market came a flood of new applications for Android lovers [...]

By: Rev Spaminator

Rev Spaminator — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:47:09 +0000

@John Doe

You are right. I’m sure there are some notepad and calculator Android tutorials I could slap a couple bells and whistles on. I’ll charge people 28 cents a download. :) Who cares if it is useful, lets just make sure we get paid.

Seriously, there is a lot of junk out there on the iPhone. I’m sure there will be on the Android platform as well. The community will just have to make sure people know what is what.

By: Dave Kaufman - Techlife

Dave Kaufman - Techlife — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:49:04 +0000

Also you failed to mention to key points –

a – Apple has a very large (much larger than OHA) userbase on the iPhone and iTouch so many devs start with the largest installed userbase

b – More Apps, More downloads from more users “it would seem” but I wonder if there is “rough math” way to figure # of apps per person.*

*Currently I will download many an app to try it on the G1, that counts as a download. I have even downloaded, discarded, seen an update and downloaded again. If OHA could show that their subscribers download more apps then likely there is a compelling case for devs.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:14 +0000

Finally someone with sense.

I believe the paid app launch is going to be a fairly big boom. There are apps that won the developers challenge that aren’t in the app store right now like TeraDesk. I’ve gotta believe that these developers are holding out until they can charge for the apps. Google left Android with a ton of areas for third parties to fill in and those parties are going to want to get paid. I have an app in mind right now that I would wait to charge for.

By: John Doe.

John Doe. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:31:30 +0000

10K apps huh? And how many of those are flashlight apps? How many of those are calculators? How many of those are notepads? How many of those are tip calculators? And so on. Add to that how many of those are duplicate apps in some form or another? Apple is the master of spin and bull crap. they have a ton of apps out there. 10K? doubt it.

By: Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:45:14 +0000

@Lior – the one thing about that is consumers tend to get irritated when you give them something for free and then, in the near future, start charging for it. They often view it as a bait and switch EVEN if its for wholesome purposes. That’s the unfortunate truth.

I would even go as far to give this example:

Take one application and offer it for free. Then, when paid apps come out, start charging $1.99 for it. People would be irritated. Take that same app and don’t release it until the paid market. Release it for $4.99 or so and people will have no problem with it.

I’m not saying its right… its just consumer perception.

By: Lior

Lior — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:39:21 +0000

I would think that releasing an earlier version apps (for free) to the end users and collecting some feedback will allow developers to enhance their applications in the right direction. Trying to perfect your application until the Market supports paid apps is a gamble.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:55:45 +0000

ADC1 alone had more than 1700 entrants, so we should so a great number of those appear on the marketplace once it is opened to paid applications at the very least.

By: SK

SK — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:24:07 +0000

All good stuff and summarised nicely, I do truly believe that when paid for comes along then we will start to see an influx of well thought out and designed applications but there is still one major stumbling block:

Memory restriction, it really could hinder what developers make in terms of application and money. From and end users point of view people will have to be very careful and choose wisely what they pay for because as it currently stands whereby people can only install to the phones memory and not the SD then you can’t afford to make the wrong decision on something and then have to delete what you have paid for just so that you can install something more suitable.

I am hoping that as the market develops then OHA/Android/Google do upgrade the phones FW and allow installation to the memory card.

By: Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:14:47 +0000

“And lastly… this is a marathon, not a sprint.”

Good thing, too, since Sprint doesn’t yet have an Android handset.

Thank you, thank you. Please, try the veal.