Comments on: Is Apple iPhone losing its app advantage? http://www.forevergeek.com/2010/01/is_apple_iphone_losing_its_app_advantage/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil Anderson http://www.forevergeek.com/2010/01/is_apple_iphone_losing_its_app_advantage/#comment-2091 Neil Anderson Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:19:59 +0000 http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=15628#comment-2091 ‘How many apps?’ is the wrong question,” said Michael Powers, CEO and founder of Mplayit. “People just want to get the job done. It doesn’t matter if there are 50 different to-do list apps on iPhone, because Android or BlackBerry just need a couple of good ones to make consumers happy.” Ha ha. That's exactly what we've been saying about Mac apps all these years! ‘How many apps?’ is the wrong question,” said Michael Powers, CEO and founder of Mplayit. “People just want to get the job done. It doesn’t matter if there are 50 different to-do list apps on iPhone, because Android or BlackBerry just need a couple of good ones to make consumers happy.”

Ha ha. That’s exactly what we’ve been saying about Mac apps all these years!

]]> By: Darwin http://www.forevergeek.com/2010/01/is_apple_iphone_losing_its_app_advantage/#comment-2090 Darwin Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:50:19 +0000 http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=15628#comment-2090 Saying the app store and number of apps availabe isn't that important means you are entirely clueless about one of the major factors behind the iPhones success. Saying the app store and number of apps availabe isn’t that important means you are entirely clueless about one of the major factors behind the iPhones success.

]]> By: Martin Hill http://www.forevergeek.com/2010/01/is_apple_iphone_losing_its_app_advantage/#comment-2089 Martin Hill Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:10:13 +0000 http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=15628#comment-2089 One of the major reasons that Windows has been so successful is the large number of programs available for the platform. If you want to get a computer that has by far the most games, most specialist medical, scientific, engineering, financial or entertainment programs etc, you get a Windows PC (or these days, a Mac running Windows). The same applies to the iPhone. Android's game section and so many specialist niches are barren in comparison to the iPhone App Store. With major developers like Gameloft deserting Android because they make 400x as much revenue on the iPhone platform, all other app platforms are at a significant disadvantage. The most important segment for consumers – games – tells the story in black and white. Top tier games as well as so many fantastic new ideas from small devs are missing in action on Android, Palm, RIM, Symbian and WinMo. Quality is the other issue and comparison after comparison has demonstrated that the quality of Android apps is severely lacking compared to iPhone Apps. Twitter clients are a prime example with no Android Twitter app being as good as any of the top 5 Twitter apps on the iPhone. With 75 million iPhone OS devices out there, 133,000 apps, 3 billion downloads, 100 million active credit cards, 30,000 developers and the sister iTunes music, movie, TV Show store along with iTunes U and hundreds of thousands of podcast feeds, the iPhone ecosystem is Godzilla to the Bambi app stores of Android, RIM, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile. The only ones trying to tell everyone that the overwhelming size and activity on the iTunes App Store doesn’t matter are those with a vested interest in the other platforms. Note that Mplayit’s survey is self-selected from users of their own app store – of course they would say it doesn’t matter – their financial survival depends on people believing that. Of course size matters. Duh. :-) -Mart One of the major reasons that Windows has been so successful is the large number of programs available for the platform. If you want to get a computer that has by far the most games, most specialist medical, scientific, engineering, financial or entertainment programs etc, you get a Windows PC (or these days, a Mac running Windows).

The same applies to the iPhone. Android’s game section and so many specialist niches are barren in comparison to the iPhone App Store. With major developers like Gameloft deserting Android because they make 400x as much revenue on the iPhone platform, all other app platforms are at a significant disadvantage.

The most important segment for consumers – games – tells the story in black and white. Top tier games as well as so many fantastic new ideas from small devs are missing in action on Android, Palm, RIM, Symbian and WinMo.

Quality is the other issue and comparison after comparison has demonstrated that the quality of Android apps is severely lacking compared to iPhone Apps. Twitter clients are a prime example with no Android Twitter app being as good as any of the top 5 Twitter apps on the iPhone.

With 75 million iPhone OS devices out there, 133,000 apps, 3 billion downloads, 100 million active credit cards, 30,000 developers and the sister iTunes music, movie, TV Show store along with iTunes U and hundreds of thousands of podcast feeds, the iPhone ecosystem is Godzilla to the Bambi app stores of Android, RIM, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

The only ones trying to tell everyone that the overwhelming size and activity on the iTunes App Store doesn’t matter are those with a vested interest in the other platforms. Note that Mplayit’s survey is self-selected from users of their own app store – of course they would say it doesn’t matter – their financial survival depends on people believing that.

Of course size matters. Duh. :-)

-Mart

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