As a hobbyist coder that is primarily a user, I have to agree with James Clements' comment. I have already had to uninstall at least a dozen apps to maintain space on my G1. These include some paid apps, which I imagine would really tick most buyers off. If I had the use of the SD card, those apps would still be on my phone. Oh well, it's been brought up a thousand times, and supposedly Google is working on that.
--Ed On Mar 23, 10:34 am, BikingBill <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the big issue appears to be that most users have not opted > into the billing system (Google Checkout). > > What ever happened to charging their phone bill? > > With 4 paid apps in the store, this is a real issue for us. > > Bill > > On Mar 23, 7:42 am, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, I don't think so. I think I have wasted an awful lot of time and > > effort for ridiculously low results and I'm sick about it. > > > On Mar 23, 8:17 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Who cares? We do. Haven't you been reading? > > > > On Mar 23, 2009, at 8:52 AM, James Clements <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > the Weather Channnel 250k+ > > > MySpace 250k+ > > > ShopSavvy 250k+ > > > YellowPages <250K > > > > With just these 4 apps there have been almost 1 Million downloads ... > > > > Will there ever be a catchup with iPhone ... I think not and who cares > > > ... If the world eventually gets 20 android models world wide ... then I > > > think it may easy leave iPhone downloads in the dust .. > > > > And Individual app selling a million+ copies will be a feat ... but not > > > in the range of impossible .. > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:01 AM, [email protected] > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Asking because we all know iPhone apps do - even those as imaginative > > > (!) as iFart. > > > > Currently on Android, #1 paid app (according to aTrackDog) is > > > PowerManager and that has sold somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000. Not > > > bad - I guess dev must have made something like $5,000 - but not a > > > life-changing amount, like we are used to hearing about from iPhone > > > devs. > > > > So what do we think? Will Android ever see the sort of sales that > > > would allow us to give up the dayjob?! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
