I assume the stupid apps are approaching the lowest commom denominator. Hence more people are able to use them hence it becomes more popular
On May 30, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Brandon Newsome <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice...I downloaded your app and checked it out....extremely practical > and accurate. > > It's nice to see a solid app receive some solid attention. It seems like the > stupider the app the more wildly popular it becomes...but not so with yours. > > On May 30, 2011 5:51 PM, "Maps.Huge.Info" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My app "Radar Now!" finally crossed the ONE MILLION active installs mark. > > It's taken months of flirting with that milestone to get here but it > > finally > > has been done. I was at 997,000 two months ago (or so) when they changed > > the > > <insert unknown element here> calculation and my app dropped nearly 200,000 > > active installs in one day. > > > > So what does 1,000,000 active installs actually mean? Beats me. I really > > don't think this is an accurate figure. Last week the number jumped by > > 10,000 several times in a single day, over 100% on one day of the download > > counts. Seems curious to me but then again, if I want actual statistics, > > I'll just get them from my own server which is far more accurate and > > reliable. > > > > Next week the app should cross the 2,000,000 download mark. Again, what > > does > > that mean? Nothing really. The important statistic to me is over 575,000 > > people used the app nearly 7,000,000 times in the last 30 days. One was > > from > > Joplin, MO who said the app may have helped keep his family out of harm's > > way (see below). I wonder if "Angry Birds" ever got an e-mail like that? > > > > -John Coryat > > > > *Thank you from Joplin, Missouri > > > > Thank you so much for having this app available. > > > > Our town was hit by an EF-5 tornado four days ago. On leaving our > > son's high school graduation ceremony, I noted that the sky didn't > > look right, and it was starting to rain. My view of the horizon was > > blocked by buildings. I pulled up your app and saw a large red radar > > signal about several miles in size moving directly toward us. > > > > We we able to get to safety (not knowing that it was a tornado, but > > was definitely something we wanted to be away from). Within a half an > > hour the tornado wiped out about a third of our town. Thank you for > > providing us with the information to be able to act quickly. > > > > (Craig Patterson) > > * > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
