Ed, there was talk of t-Mobile and etc doing their own Android App stores. Is that some type of movement to grow the Android Developer base even more?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is an interesting business problem being described here that I > haven't seen mentioned. Is it possible that the iPhone store is > getting so saturated that independent developers can no longer > reasonably expect to make any money? This article in Information Week > says that there are now over 25,000 titles available for the iPhone: > > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215801301&subSection=Development > > This would stand in contrast to the Android Market, where there is > still some breathing room for "one more good app." So many of the > basic G1 apps, like the e-mail client, picture viewer, and media > player could use a great deal of improvement. Is this an opportunity > for developers? > > Unfortunately, many G1 users are apparently equating "open source" > with "free," and that could stifle sales as much as the oversaturation > does in the iPhone store. > > --Ed > > On Mar 10, 12:43 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > So in your opinion, anyone who is developing for Android with the > > motive of making a profit is misguided and wasting their time? Is that > > really what you're asserting here, that businesses and bums alike > > should be happy with whatever crumbs we get? > > > > Good luck selling that business plan. I sold my Volkswagen Bus long > > ago. > > > > On Mar 10, 11:33 am, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > People, you got to be realistic. If you're working part time, how much > code > > > can you write? Even if you come out with a hit (like iFart), it will > soon be > > > copied by cheaper apps (or free apps). > > > > > Unless you have unique content that cannot be easily copied (e.g., > large > > > real-estate database, amazon e-books, etc), you should think of > yourself as > > > a street artist doing portraits for the tourists. Yes, you have some > skills, > > > but so do a lot others who are willing to work for much less. > > > > > If making money was so easy, you would have already made millions on > your > > > home page during the internet bubble .... > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not referring to my app, but to the general numbers. I doubt if > > > > anyone is happy with their numbers, whatever outside promotion > they've > > > > done. > > > > > > Please remember that I had nearly 60,000 installed, over a 60% > install > > > > rate and a 4+ rating for the demo, and nearly a thousand downloads a > > > > day for quite a while. Promotion is not the problem, it's turning > demo > > > > downloads into sales. > > > > > > On Mar 10, 11:11 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sundog wrote: > > > > > > The sales aren't disappointing; they are jaw-droppingly terrible. > > > > > > > What marketing have you done, besides putting the app in the > Android > > > > Market? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 > Available!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
