Comments on: How we’ll know when Google Play really has caught up to the iOS App Store http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ross http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1310629 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:10:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1310629 Apple have just intro’ed Panorama pics – “Another” mini tablet is touted – Maybe an el cheapo i phone is coming? and the next big innovation seems to be an ios wristwatch? Pardon my massive yawn as I share my 3 year old panoramas from a Samsung via a 3 year old android watch and then review it on an excellent tablet that cost $150. The Apple wheels are spinning and not an original idea left in the place.

]]> By: benedictoneill http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1310052 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:50:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1310052 Erm, what? Sources?

]]> By: Da Ge http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1309112 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:43:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1309112 Out of Milk and Any.DO? useless fart apps to most people.
Vine? top fart app of the moment.

Most of the apps used by people are from Google- Maps, Google Search, Gmail, because they’re really useful, rather than fart time-wasters

]]> By: thehouserules http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308894 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:00:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308894 But Ingress is a Google app.

]]> By: S. Eric Rhoads http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308777 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:20:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308777 Also, I do consider Bookish significant as it is a joint venture between 3 of the Big 5 publishers: Hachette, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. Announced in 2011 it has had ample time to produce an iOS app but chose to launch Android first.

I honestly was amazed that Bookish launched as a desktop oriented property with little to no focus on mobile outside of a rough around the edges reader.

]]> By: S. Eric Rhoads http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308775 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:16:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308775 Bookish launched as an Android only App w/ iOS “Coming Soon”. While that may have as much to do w/ the Kindle Fire as anything, it was the first time I have seen Android placed ahead of iOS from a significant new property.

]]> By: Tearfang http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308719 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:35:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308719 My vote would go for the Andeoid keyboards swiftkey and swipe. I’ve seen a good number of articles requesting apple step up their keyboard game. The android experience is really much better wrt keyboards.

]]> By: Isaac Naor http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308718 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:32:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308718 Most serious developers want to create an experience that is consistent across devices and Android simply doesn’t offer that due to their fragmentation issue.

With iOS development, a dev can ensure an app will look and feel however s/he decides (with a smaller and more specific user-base) and can then release said app for Android users as well.

The aforementioned, coupled with the fact that app revenue is typically higher with iOS apps are the main reasons apps are developed for iOS first and as a result, the benchmarks you (Erica) cited in this post will not be realized (until the fragmentation issue specifically is resolved).

]]> By: horaceho http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308537 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:45:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308537 I jailbreak my mini for an Android comic app, 布卡漫畫 (iBuka).

]]> By: Adam Simon http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/how-well-know-when-google-play-really-has-caught-up-to-the-ios-app-store/#comment-1308517 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:03:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607547#comment-1308517 Just want to point out that Ingress is developed by a Google subsidiary…!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(game)

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