Paul, Many people have approached Android with a business mind, and therefore if the early apps don't succeed they may well take it as a sign that there isn't a sufficient market to support a business based around Android.
The best way to see improvements in apps is to give feedback to the developer, that way they can tell what's important to users and where to concentrate development efforts (they may even have space something like http://featurelist.org/ or http://uservoice.com/). Sitting back and saying "Nope, not willing to pay for this yet" is only going to make developers think the apps they're producing aren't interesting and that they should move on to other projects. Al. http://andappstore.com/ [email protected] wrote: > Hmmm, when reading this entire post 2 things come to mind... > > > 1. As a T-mobile store manager where over half of my reps have G1's > and love selling them. They are not ready to buy any app in market > place....period. > > Why? If you have a 600 apps in market that are free (500 flashlights > and 100 everything else) then all of a sudden there are 150 paid apps, > some of which we have already tried and uninstalled as free versions, > let's wait a little bit and see what better comes along. > > Its like this, you are sixteen and want a 69 mustang fully race ready > to drive. But you only have 1500.00 to spend on your first car. So, > you buy the first sporty car you can find, a mitsubisi eclipse (non- > turbo), then a month later on craigs list you see "need cash bad, > selling 69 camaro for 2000 obo.) Sure its not a mustang, but really, > what is. Point is, my entire market knows that every app code breeds a > better app that breeds a better more usefull app. Animal noices and > stuff like that can stay on iphone. I don't know anyone not on att > that would actually buy a "stupid button" even if its only for a > dollar. > > So in short (or long) keep putting out apps. Keep making them better > actually have a purpose behind them. And I know that purchases will > come....(fart apps are in same category as animal noises. If we want > to hear arnold or mr t we can watch wgn, tnt, tbs, wb reruns). > > I have bought 3 apps my self. Snap photo (cause camera is junk without > it) task manager (I will support anyone who writes "root access" apps. > As my G1 is rooted with JF RC33 WITH AUTOROTATE BROWSER, MULTI TOUCH, > AND APPS TO SD CARD) and I bought the "risk" type game after trying > the demo first. No demo, no purchase. > > > > Now, for my ever important #2. > > > #2......with the few posts above mine that were very long winded and > combatant, this is what came to mind when reading....... > > ........STOP FLAMMING AND WRITE A USEFUL FUN APP AND CHRIST SAKES GIVE > PAID APPS MORE THAT 3 DAYS TO MATERIALISE TO END USERS. IF YOU ARE > COMPLAINING THAT USERS HAVE ONLY BOUGHT 2 OF YOUR APPS THEN IT DIDN'T > FILL A NEED. MAKE SOMETHING USEFULL AND PEOPLE WILL BUY IT. MAKE IT TO > EXSPENSIVE THOUGH, AND SOMEONE WILL STEAL YOUR IDEA AND CUT YOUR PRICE > IN HALF AND MAKE A KILLING. 29.99 FOR A DICTIONARY IS KINDA DUMB IF > YOU ASK ME. WHEN ALL YOU NEED IS WWW.DICTIONARY.COM AND YOU CAN USE > THE 30 BUCKS AS A MONTH OF G1 DATA PLAN. TAKE A LOOK AT THE JAILBROKEN > IPHONES. (500,000 ON T-MOBILE) THEY JAIL BREAK THEM SO THEY CAN GET > GENERIC APPS FOR FREE FROM THE OTHER MARKETS. BUT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD > GAME ex. Marios Cart THEN PEOPLE WILL PAY 10.00 FOR IT. > > QUIT COMPLAINING AND START DEVELOPING NEW THINGS AND STOP TURNING > ANDROID MARKET INTO IPHONE APP STORE LEFT OVERS!!!!!!!! > > > Thanks, > > PDAJR24 > T-MOBILE retail store manager > G1 black > JF RC33 lite > MULTI-TOUCH, AUTO ROTATE, APPS TO 8GIG SD. > HTC VOGUE (VZW) WM 6.1 (all apps to 2gig sd card) > ATT IPHONE First Gen 8Gig. > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
