Comments on: The Meteoric Rise of the App Store http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: IT PRO: Blogs: Davey Winder: Battle of the Apps: Android v Apple http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-972115 IT PRO: Blogs: Davey Winder: Battle of the Apps: Android v Apple Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:04:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-972115 <p>[...] Android catch up? Or perhaps the question should be does it want to? Some industry commentators are suggesting that it cannot because “Android is just a hobby for the company, and it will never be able to [...]</p> [...] Android catch up? Or perhaps the question should be does it want to? Some industry commentators are suggesting that it cannot because “Android is just a hobby for the company, and it will never be able to [...]

]]> By: Will Cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Apps Ever Catch Up? http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-963229 Will Cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Apps Ever Catch Up? Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:21:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-963229 <p>[...] Martinez | Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 8:21 AM PT | 0 comments While a good number of consumer mobile applications have tapped into the cloud, so far, only a handful of enterprise mobile applications have done the [...]</p> [...] Martinez | Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 8:21 AM PT | 0 comments While a good number of consumer mobile applications have tapped into the cloud, so far, only a handful of enterprise mobile applications have done the [...]

]]> By: luc http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960852 luc Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:25:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960852 <p>I see an important hurdle to individual APP authors taking a larger share : the one with the idea for a 'killer APP' is not necessarily the one with development skills. Is there a virtual platform where one can, IN CONFIDENCE, get acquainted with a developer, share the costs and an proceeds?</p> I see an important hurdle to individual APP authors taking a larger share : the one with the idea for a ‘killer APP’ is not necessarily the one with development skills. Is there a virtual platform where one can, IN CONFIDENCE, get acquainted with a developer, share the costs and an proceeds?

]]> By: Nicholas http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960063 Nicholas Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:31:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960063 <p>I am still on a 2G... But, running the latest OS. It is getting a touch slow with some of the larger apps, but am in no hurry to upgrade.</p> <p>Tethering would make me upgrade!</p> I am still on a 2G… But, running the latest OS. It is getting a touch slow with some of the larger apps, but am in no hurry to upgrade.

Tethering would make me upgrade!

]]> By: Nicholas http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960061 Nicholas Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:24:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960061 <p>Not sure, but I could argue the opposite. Updates prove that people continue to engage with the app experiences — lcok-in. I’d rather have one update than three or four downloads.</p> Not sure, but I could argue the opposite. Updates prove that people continue to engage with the app experiences — lcok-in. I’d rather have one update than three or four downloads.

]]> By: The Dirty Little Secret of Apple’s App Store http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960060 The Dirty Little Secret of Apple’s App Store Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:23:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960060 <p>[...] the 65,000 applications (in the Apple iTunes App Store) number is. It certainly makes me wonder about the data that was released earlier this week. I have reached out to Apple, asking them to clarify exactly how they count these [...]</p> [...] the 65,000 applications (in the Apple iTunes App Store) number is. It certainly makes me wonder about the data that was released earlier this week. I have reached out to Apple, asking them to clarify exactly how they count these [...]

]]> By: Nicholas http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960058 Nicholas Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:16:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960058 <p>Todd, until the perception and real experience changes, consider it established that people prefer applications. I will hazard to guess that people could care less what developers call them, they care about a concise experience that allows them to accomplish a task. The beauty of the iPhone applications is that they can function as applications and incorporate web content.</p> <p>The web is more than a browser. I consider browsers to be the most dangerous concept to the web as a whole. It is about networking. It is about your toaster talking to the web, or more usefully your refrigerator. Take us and browsers out of the equation and reconsider the possibilities.</p> <p>Google is an excellent example because so much of the experience we never even really see. We have specific access points. iPhone applications are exactly the same. How they are written matters little if the market is large enough to warrant the expenditure.</p> Todd, until the perception and real experience changes, consider it established that people prefer applications. I will hazard to guess that people could care less what developers call them, they care about a concise experience that allows them to accomplish a task. The beauty of the iPhone applications is that they can function as applications and incorporate web content.

The web is more than a browser. I consider browsers to be the most dangerous concept to the web as a whole. It is about networking. It is about your toaster talking to the web, or more usefully your refrigerator. Take us and browsers out of the equation and reconsider the possibilities.

Google is an excellent example because so much of the experience we never even really see. We have specific access points. iPhone applications are exactly the same. How they are written matters little if the market is large enough to warrant the expenditure.

]]> By: Jordan Golson http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960043 Jordan Golson Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:14:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960043 <p>Really good games.</p> Really good games.

]]> By: student http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-960000 student Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:29:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-960000 <p>@Allen "The whole iPhone strategy appears to be built around 1st releasing a product lacking in fundamental features and then enticing all the fanboy’s and girls back to “upgrade” each year by gradually adding them in: 3G; MMS; cut and past; video; video calls, etc. all features available on other manufacture’s devices when they launched their first crippled 2G model."</p> <p>Nobody launches a "complete" first generation product. You're an idiot. Plus, you can just upgrade the software to 3.0 for free to get most of the features your talking about.</p> @Allen “The whole iPhone strategy appears to be built around 1st releasing a product lacking in fundamental features and then enticing all the fanboy’s and girls back to “upgrade” each year by gradually adding them in: 3G; MMS; cut and past; video; video calls, etc. all features available on other manufacture’s devices when they launched their first crippled 2G model.”

Nobody launches a “complete” first generation product. You’re an idiot. Plus, you can just upgrade the software to 3.0 for free to get most of the features your talking about.

]]> By: steveballmer http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959994 steveballmer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:44:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959994 <p>Yes the Apple Apple store thingy has done pretty good! BUT, that is only because Microsoft has not directly entered this space! With the coming of ZuneHD and the coming ZuneStore let me say that this minority platform store has seen it's best days!</p> Yes the Apple Apple store thingy has done pretty good! BUT, that is only because Microsoft has not directly entered this space! With the coming of ZuneHD and the coming ZuneStore let me say that this minority platform store has seen it’s best days!

]]> By: eyeoftiger http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959984 eyeoftiger Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:15:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959984 <p>Hi is the app phenomenon related only to smartphones? with the smartphones penetration still small as compared to the rest of devices, would symbian (read nokia) be a contender in this arena?with the reach nokia has it would be interesting to see what dent they are able to make with their ovi store... cheers.</p> Hi is the app phenomenon related only to smartphones? with the smartphones penetration still small as compared to the rest of devices, would symbian (read nokia) be a contender in this arena?with the reach nokia has it would be interesting to see what dent they are able to make with their ovi store… cheers.

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959945 Neil Anderson Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:37:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959945 <p>Apparently Google doesn't believe it either. I used this search string: downloads "App Store" pogue "1 billion" unique ... and it asked if I meant "1 million". :)</p> Apparently Google doesn’t believe it either. I used this search string: downloads “App Store” pogue “1 billion” unique … and it asked if I meant “1 million”. :)

]]> By: Allen http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959943 Allen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:29:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959943 <p>"Because Apple doesn’t launch products until they are ready"</p> <p>At least you didnt say complete. The whole iPhone strategy appears to be built around 1st releasing a product lacking in fundamental features and then enticing all the fanboy's and girls back to "upgrade" each year by gradually adding them in: 3G; MMS; cut and past; video; video calls, etc. all features available on other manufacture's devices when they launched their first crippled 2G model.</p> “Because Apple doesn’t launch products until they are ready”

At least you didnt say complete. The whole iPhone strategy appears to be built around 1st releasing a product lacking in fundamental features and then enticing all the fanboy’s and girls back to “upgrade” each year by gradually adding them in: 3G; MMS; cut and past; video; video calls, etc. all features available on other manufacture’s devices when they launched their first crippled 2G model.

]]> By: mark http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959924 mark Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:40:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959924 <p>I believe Apple has told a reporter (Pogue?) that the download count doesn't include app updates, i.e., Apple was counting transactions (Note an update download doesn't generate a iTunes transaction receipt). I don't have a link.</p> <p>But work through the numbers, and you'll quickly realize that it can't include updates. Apple told us in April that there are about 40 million devices and there were 1 billion downloads by April, so that works out to about 25 apps downloaded per device. If updates were counted, that would push the number down to less than 10 downloads per device. We know also that many owners want the number of apps pages to be increased further because they've downloaded over 150 apps, so a less-than-10 average seems truly unrealistic.</p> I believe Apple has told a reporter (Pogue?) that the download count doesn’t include app updates, i.e., Apple was counting transactions (Note an update download doesn’t generate a iTunes transaction receipt). I don’t have a link.

But work through the numbers, and you’ll quickly realize that it can’t include updates. Apple told us in April that there are about 40 million devices and there were 1 billion downloads by April, so that works out to about 25 apps downloaded per device. If updates were counted, that would push the number down to less than 10 downloads per device. We know also that many owners want the number of apps pages to be increased further because they’ve downloaded over 150 apps, so a less-than-10 average seems truly unrealistic.

]]> By: AdamC http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959911 AdamC Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959911 <p>Developers who are brave enough to develop apps that work well across the different brands... and supporting these apps will be more of a nightmare.</p> Developers who are brave enough to develop apps that work well across the different brands… and supporting these apps will be more of a nightmare.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/the-meteoric-rise-of-the-app-store/#comment-959899 Mike Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:42:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58824#comment-959899 <p>Does anyone know if the 1.5 billion downloads includes application updates? It would be a much less impressive total if it counted each of the 6 updates pushed out for each of my 24 apps...I'd like to see a metric like unique apps per user on iPhone (I've got several apps I downloaded, and leave in iTunes, but don't sync with my phone - though they do receive updates)</p> Does anyone know if the 1.5 billion downloads includes application updates? It would be a much less impressive total if it counted each of the 6 updates pushed out for each of my 24 apps…I’d like to see a metric like unique apps per user on iPhone (I’ve got several apps I downloaded, and leave in iTunes, but don’t sync with my phone – though they do receive updates)

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