How about $100,000 in one month for an app that makes your phone look like a steamed up mirror...
http://play.tm/wire/2318146/isteam-for-iphone-earns-a-bunch-of-22-year-olds-100-000-in-one-month/ Al. Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > Is there any Slumdog Millionaires :) yet on Android Market selling > dollar apps? Would love to hear those success stories. > > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > From the figures I've seen a HUGE amount of revenue is generated from > $0.99 apps due to the volume of iPhone users. Most of them see > anything > less than a dollar as worth a punt because "hey, it's only a dollar". > > Obviously Android developers don't have the market size to sell to, so > this may not be a workable model initially (and with the Morgan > Stanley > figures of the iPhone outselling the G1 by around 5.9 to 1 it may be > some time before it is), but the small feature filling apps are > definitely something to think about. > > Al. > > Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > > Wow, this says something about the end users mindset. The bottom > line > > is, the app that meets the users basic needs is the app which is > going > > to sell and be in demand. > > > > Hmm.. need to fine tune my mindset to write simpler applications > that > > the users will happily use rather than frying my brain thinking > about > > droid science ;) > > > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Nope. > > > > Some people are apparently making a fair amount from selling > apps > > called > > "Dial xxxx" where xxxx is a name and all the app does is call a > > pre-defined number. The really amazing thing is if you buy > "Call Joe" > > and you want "Call John", you have to buy a "Call John" app > as well as > > the "Call Joe" one :O. > > > > Al. > > > > Ed wrote: > > > Hi Al, > > > > > > I still like AnyCut for activity shortcuts (like direct > calls to a > > > specific person, etc). Does iPhone have this capability? > > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2:07 am, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > >> OK, I've just discovered you can long press on the apps menu > > and drag > > >> app icons to the home screen to create shortcuts so you > don't need > > >> AnyCut.... guess one day I should read the manual :). > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Al Sutton wrote: > > >> > > >>> From the home screens the G1 at best matches the iPhone on > > clicks to > > >>> start something (if there is a shortcut on the G1 home > > screen), but most > > >>> things (including many of the built-in apps) require two > > clicks, and > > >>> without installing third party apps there is no way to > reduce > > that. > > >>> > > >>> I would have thought some of the core smart-phone > functionality > > >>> (Calendar, Camera, Messaging, Email, GMail, and IM) > would have had > > >>> shortcuts on the home screen. As it is I've used AnyCut > to put > > the first > > >>> three down the left hand side of the screen and the last > three > > down the > > >>> right, so I end up with a U shape of shortcuts giving access > > the major > > >>> functionality with a single tap. > > >>> > > >>> I can understand that a sparse home screen may look > inviting, > > but for > > >>> day to day use having a default of one tap to start would > > really help a > > >>> lot of users. > > >>> > > >>> Al. > > >>> > > >>> mike quinn wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Thanks for the review. > > >>>> > > >>>> Never having used an iPhone I never had an issue with the > > feel of the G1. > > >>>> > > >>>> On 20 Jan 2009, 4:19 AM, "Muthu Ramadoss" > > >>>> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Incognito, > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks for Sharing. Appreciated. > > >>>> > > >>>> take care, > > >>>> Muthu Ramadoss. > > >>>> > > >>>> http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914 > > >>>> http://androidrocks.in- Android Consulting. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM, incognito > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > >>>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: > > > Just got my G1 o... > > >>>> > > >> -- > > >> ====== > > >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales > with the > > >> company number 6741909. 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