This is a little disappointing to me and probably will be to many other long-time smartphone users. I see two types of apps in the iTunes App Store: free and not free. What I don’t see are limited, free trials of appliations. Over on FriendFeed, I’ve asked any iPhone developers if Apple set this up as an either/or situation. While I wait for an answer, I wanted to point this out because I think many folks will be disappointed to find out they have to risk their money and hope they like an app. Some titles might be no-brainers, but there are others that will sound and look interesting… but are they interesting enough to have you ante up? What makes no sense to me is that you can preview a song or a video before buying. Why not an app? I really hope I’m just overlooking "free trials" in the store right now…
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