On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:47 -0700, "hvb83" <[email protected]> wrote: > > peter;576494 Wrote: > > Sorry, I'm not going to buy an iphone app, when an ipad app is - > > hopefully - just around the corner. > > > > Of course, you're free to do want you want with your money. If pippin > > makes too much on the iphone app he may not bother finishing the ipad > > version ;) > > That's a little below the belt ain't it? I wouldn't dare to make > statements in regard to how many iPengs have been sold world-wide, but > I'd guess it's closer to 1000 than to 10000. If you look at the way > the app has been designed and how it's been perfected, you just know > there is a lot of development in this app. Even if he did earn 20.000 > by selling this app, in my opinion, that ain't too much. There are > plenty of guys in the appstore developing useless apps, that are poorly > designed and shameless copies of concepts designed by others in years > gone by, who earn a whole lot more by selling their apps. > > And iPad is even more scarce, so I'm guessing iPeng HD will deliver > even less revenues to the developer. Although ofcourse, most of the > knowledge that has been gathered while building iPeng for iPhone can be > reused, so development time is probably less too. At the same time, > knowing the way Pippin seems to work, he is working hard on finding a > smart way for the UI that utilizes the iPad's larger screen. I'm > guessing it will be a totally different experience from Squeezepad too, > which works fine, but I still find myself using my iPeng everytime > because SP doesn't use the large screen in a smart way. Almost > demanding an upgrade from iPhone to iPad seems a bit odd in that sense: > it will be a totally different app. > > Anyhow, the point is, ofcourse it's ok for you to decide what you will > and will not buy. But they will be 2 totally different apps and > therefor it is ok for the developer to offer it as a separate package > and have you pay for them. At 7.99 it's not that steep, not if you can > afford to buy an iPad anyway.. ;)
1. Don't be silly, there's nothing below the belt in my post. 2. I'm not demanding a free upgrade, I'm just considering getting the iphone version while I eagerly wait for the real thing. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
