Which is better, an app store with 100,000 items, or one with 10,000 items? Commentators looking for a way to measure the relative success of the app stores find the “app count” an alluring model. When you look more closely however things are not what they seem. It seems that quantity has come to dominate [...]
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It never ceases to amaze me how Nokia excel at providing disappointing user experiences. They clearly don’t do it to irritate their customers on purpose so I have to assume they are just lazy or inept. I received an “Ovi Store Weekly” email today and had a quick look at the apps they are promoting. Usually [...]
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Like many, we eagerly awaited the new Nokia Ovi store to see what was available and how easy it was to buy paid-for apps. The store did seem to be packed with free apps, mostly in the entertainment genre which is not surprising given Nokia’s penetration of the mass market. Business Week commented this week [...]
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App Stores for mobile phones do seem to be flavor of the month, judging by the announcements at Mobile World Congress this week. But what does this mean for developers and content providers who want to get a slice of the revenue pie? In the “good” old days, your app was sold by Handango or [...]
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