Let the number speak for themselves: 45 mio Apple users (26 mio iPhone) vs. 3 mio Android users 40% Apple users buy software vs. 19% Android users buy software (Source: AdMob, e.g. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/08/27/admob.july.2009/)
Don't get me wrong: Android is cool, I love Android. But it's still in a very early stage... We're celebrating it's first birthday these days. If you trust the market researches then you need to give it another two years before numbers gonna explode. -- André http://android.rabold.org On 21 Okt., 12:42, matt smith <[email protected]> wrote: > ok before you say does it matter, its open source, community effort, > etc just remember not all developers are inclined by such altruistic > reasons. compare the quality of iphone apps and android apps and i'm > sure you can agree that it is the promise of financial reward that > makes many developers strive for better apps. > > look at the quality of the games on iphone if you want to know what i > am talking about ... need for speed, the sims, rolando, etc. > > so the worrying point on android is that 8 months into the paid > market, no app has sold even 50,000 copies, including the top 2 apps > advanced task manager / power manager which are on the market for a > mere $0.99 and updated constantly > > there have been many benefits of open source, but open source should > not always mean free and the pursuit of all apps being free will mean > devs will abandon the platform for iphone, quality will continue to > stay low and then the whole android platform will suffer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
