Comments on: App Developers Not Happy With Android

By: tom t

tom t — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:04:31 +0000

I read this article and had to stop. This is such a horse sh*t artile. I hope you didn't get paid because I seriously wish I had you job and could release this crap. You spoke with "app developers" meaning people who have been clearly developing apps for the iphone before android. Apple created the app craze with their iphone. You pull data and say that downloads per platform is one reason. Is it MAYBE a problem? Right now for the $ it is. However the simple fact is people don't like apple. It is love hate among people who actually know tech/computers. Those of us that are serious about wanting the functionality of an iphone, but not apple or at&t's horrendeous coverage, have went to android. I have the droid and it blows the iphone out of the water. OS 4.0 has "limited multitasking, folders, categories...etc." Guess what my jailbroken iTouch has done that for a year and the droid does it without the "limited" portion.

I have developed an iphone app and it is not cake. I am not going to bring up an argument between the SDKs since I have not developed an android app yet. However, I would like to return to the android platform and the users who tend to use it. We only download what we want, with the occassional app whore. On the app store there used to be an "I'm rich" app which was some ridic amount of money (I think about $1000) that just said you are rich with a single image. Iphone is shoved down at&t users throat and the app store is treated like a nickle candy shop. So why would developers side with iphone? Simply because the app store is similar to myspace now. Even if you app is terrible somebody will download it if its flashy enough.

By: William

William — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:52:00 +0000

To all app developers I have not bought a lot of apps yet. but i will. new to Android 1 month. My Sprint Samsung Phone is a bit buggy with Android 1.5 cupcake running on it. I am waiting for the 2.1 Android update 1st half of 2010 per Sprint. Then I will be buying apps. I can see maybe 500.00 a year on apps between my wife and children and of course ME..lol. So hang in there this is going to get you guys rich. Just spend the time to make quality Apps. If it starts turning into garbage it will lose its appeal. Android is TOO early to give up now. I predict this is going to be the PREMIER system with a year.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:06:46 +0000

Apple will always have their share of the marketplace and be handsomely rewarded. However, I think because we love technology so much (i. e. people that read a board like this), we forget that we are a miniscule segment of the population.
Android and cheaper smartphones will dominate ultimately; I mean does it really matter that Apple has 120,000 apps when an iPhone user probably only regularly invokes 5-10 of them?
Apple is a g-damn religion for a lot of people. But I am willing to bet that the majority of the population are like me. I find it very un-american to buy music from the iTunes shop and still not truly own it. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are simply different sides of the same coin. The world is going horizontal not vertical. I will by my own phone and choose the network that gives me the best deal. Oh one last thing – you app developers (or as some noted – french farmers) get over yourself – your younger brother or sister will build the same app for a lot cheaper than you think you’re worth.

By: Pat R.

Pat R. — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:42:25 +0000

This is a shame. Although I'm an iPhone user, I recently checked out a Motorola Droid phone at Verizon. And I have to say that I think the phone itself is easy to use and (in my opinion) will be able to compete with the iPhone in time. I hope they can work the bugs out.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:55:38 +0000

I also find the lack of a desktop market the biggest disadvantage. The popular site http://www.cyrket.com clearly showed the need for it. And what does Google do? They take down the site, but provide no substitution! You would think they put more effort in their market, but it just merely works.

By: Mohan Rathore

Mohan Rathore — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:33:50 +0000

Not having a big enough customer base is the only problem really that I see right now. With 50 million customers coming up soon (is that really!) that problem not only would be gone, this turns into a great opportunity for developers. Once apps begin to sell and profit starts coming in, developers will be motivated enough to produce more apps.

By: .

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:35 +0000

how many developers? 30?

Who cares how many apps Apple has if they're craptacular? Out of all those apps in the store i only have about 30 on my iPhone. So stupid. You have tons of calculator apps, tons of tip apps, etc. WHO CARES??

Give me Google Voice AT&T!! Im so done with this iPhone 3g of mine. Its so 2007 anyway. Im jumping ship to Android.

By: bennyb

bennyb — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:22 +0000

Exactly. iPhone users want to be entertained even if they have to pay for it, but like all geeks, android users believe they can always have what they want for free

By: bennyb

bennyb — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:18:42 +0000

Mine has been downloaded: 41273 total 31997 active installs (77%)

But it is a free app.

The paid version with more features/options: 106 total - 102 active installs

By: jay

jay — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:50:36 +0000

Holy crap! 30 developers? Are u kidding me? You all never took statistics did u? Your confidence intervals are probably so wide that u can't see them! Should have conducted a stratified random sample and stated the parameters. All you've shown here is that you are capable of conducting a biased/unrepresentative sampling and basing a pointless article on it. Congrats idiots.