Actually, its the iPhone itself. i++
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:00 AM, ShrinkRay <[email protected]> wrote: > > The iPhone's killer app at the moment is the AppStore... plain and > simple. > > On Mar 30, 9:41 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi CnmJbm, > > > > In your opinion, what is the iPhone's killer app? > > > > On Mar 30, 3:22 pm, CnmJbm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am an Android fan, advocating Android OS and phones to my company > > > executives, my colleagues, my friends and my children. > > > > > However, they seem not interested. > > > > > The reason seems to me that there is no killer Android application so > > > far on the market that is imperative to the 'end users' above whom i > > > know of. Hence, there is no incentive to a networking product company > > > to get involved with Android. > > > > > By a killer application, i meant one that is useful daily (at least > > > often) and has no iPhone/Blackberry/Symbian counterpart. > > > > > Just my personal opinion. > > > > > On Mar 30, 8:46 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on what group of consumers would buy > Android > > > > phones (apart from Android fans that is :))? > > > > > > People are always going to compare Android to something else, and at > the > > > > moment the iPhone comes closest because of the similarity of hardware > specs. > > > > > > Should it be compared with something else instead which would better > > > > represent what is available to the potential android market at the > moment? > > > > > > Al. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > > > > ====== > > > > 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. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > > > [email protected] > > > > Sent: 30 March 2009 14:23 > > > > To: Android Discuss > > > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: A worrying statistic ... > > > > > > I do feel that Android has been keeping a very close eye on iPhone > and if > > > > you look at the hardware that got included on G1 (touch screen, > > > > accelerometer, marketplace), I think we can all agree that the Google > > > > engineers have done a fantastic job implementing the best features of > > > > iPhone. > > > > > > Most comparisons on web are between Android and iPhone, not between > Android > > > > and Blackberry, although the latter exists as well. > > > > > > So with all this great hardware available on Android, its a shame > that > > > > quality games are still looking some way off. > > > > > > I know we don't all play games, but we all want our platform to > flourish. > > > > And many of us want to sell apps on Android to supplement income (I > am > > > > actually an app developer, not a game developer). > > > > > > But if people making purchasing decisions are all buying iPhones > because the > > > > feeling is there are no good games on Android, this will affect the > rest of > > > > the platform, and the market for selling apps will be much smaller - > it is > > > > this last point that concerns me personally. > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Can Android compete in a smartphone marketplace if the games are > > > > > > just not there? > > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > There is no doubt that iPhone is an entertainment device first and > > > > > foremost based on app sales: > > > > > > > > http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/books-is-the-fastest-growing-categor... > > > > > > > However, iPhone isn't the only mobile OS in town, and I do not get > the > > > > > sense the other mobile platforms are quite so dependent upon > > > > > entertainment for their success. I'd love to see charts akin to the > > > > > ones in the post linked to above for Symbian and Blackberry, for > example. > > > > > > > If you have links to such data, please post it! > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 > Available! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
