Topic: Am I the only one who finds the new Apps-based world boring? (Read 54,229 times)
And 30% commission to the "app store"? F**k-off. They bring no value at all to the table. They bring negative value. Let's see, I give you 30% of my sales so that I can... (spewing vitriol deleted)
Desktop applications and the people who actually prefer them are fast becoming the minority. we're seeing more and more people turn to their phones to do their computing needs.
QuoteAnd 30% commission to the "app store"? F**k-off. They bring no value at all to the table. They bring negative value. Let's see, I give you 30% of my sales so that I can... (spewing vitriol deleted)
You're entitled to your opinon. I think that payment processing, order fulfillment and promotional services actually have a fair amount of value, and the market would seem to agree with me as people are generally charged for these services. Handango and Brighthand have been in this business for years. They must be making money from somewhere, and my guess it is from the developers who sell goods in their store.
As of publicity, if there where more stores you got a bigger chance of your application getting noticed than with a single stores that buries you. Specially if your application is in a niche market, you will get better coverage on a specialized on line store than on a single monopolized one.
Also where's the publicity in having your app rejected because because it violates some arbitrary condition imposed by Apple to protect their interests, and not devices owner.
So, it's a *bit* better now. 
My phone has replaced my:
- Personal library, as books in death tree format takes space and weight a ton.
- etc etc etc
QuoteDesktop applications and the people who actually prefer them are fast becoming the minority. we're seeing more and more people turn to their phones to do their computing needs.
I find my Blackberry Curve almost useless for anything but reading a few blogs formatted especially for mobile phones, and for basic communication. I much prefer a desktop.
That might be because it's a Blackberry Curve.
AFAICS, it is only the iPhone and Android that are really easy & useful for doing lots of things. Blackberry is still too email & business orientated for that and the Curve's screen is too small.
Keep your eye on Samsung's new bada devices.
Of course, the thing about smartphones in that the OS is not where the action is: users will switch from one to another without a second thought.
Of course, the thing about smartphones in that the OS is not where the action is: users will switch from one to another without a second thought.
I disagree. Once you've bought apps, if they won't work on an OS, then you'll pretty much stick to it unless something catastrophic happens. So the OS locks you in. That's one of the reasons it took me forever to get an iPhone- I had too many apps on windows mobile (or whatever it was then).
Blackberry is still too email & business orientated for that and the Curve's screen is too small.
This is one of the reasons that I'm rooting for Novell so much. I want their Mono project to really take root and succeed. (.NET/Mono is so much more productive than some other languages.)
I disagree. Once you've bought apps, if they won't work on an OS, then you'll pretty much stick to it unless something catastrophic happens. So the OS locks you in. That's one of the reasons it took me forever to get an iPhone- I had too many apps on windows mobile (or whatever it was then).
I disagree. Once you've bought apps, if they won't work on an OS, then you'll pretty much stick to it unless something catastrophic happens. So the OS locks you in. That's one of the reasons it took me forever to get an iPhone- I had too many apps on windows mobile (or whatever it was then).
But it didn't stop you, did it? And just look at how much the market shares have changed in just a few years. How many WM users are sticking with WM? And WM7 won't be compatible with WM6 anyway.
I miss Agenda Fusion /Pocket Informant and ListPro. But there should be an android version of Pocket Informant very soon. I will otherwise just use apps that do what I want.
Next time, I will look at everything available (except iPhone - I won't buy any Apple product because they are so monopolistic) and make my decision at the time. I expect my next phone to work differently anyway, so a new OS won't be an issue. The change this time has been a delight.
Maybe switching from an iPhone would be harder. Apple control a lot of the data and datalinks as well as the OS and hardware so it might be harder to break free. I don't know; I can't see any such problem with Android.
@wraith808 -- Apple will let you buy an app oon your iTouch, then also put it on your iPhone, and put it on your iPad, without charging you each time?
THAT sounds VERY out of character...
I only changed once I got into the iOS- first through the iPod, then I was able to use what I had already bought on my iPhone... and all of that works on the iPad, with no more buy in. That's a major incentive, and it's all around all of them using the same OS... not the apps themselves.
And everything you do is, of course, collected on their central database.
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