Comments on: Channel of Good Intent – iPhone is, Android isn’t

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:58:54 +0000

I am an android developer and an open software developer, you are absolutely right. You could probably make more money selling an app on the Iphone market. But you had better use their toys and whistles.

You wont get community help there.

By: switch11

switch11 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:55:37 +0000

Charles, Dell’s Streak Tablet flyers were leaked and they were advertising Kindle for android so there is a chance you might get a Kindle app soon.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:33:30 +0000

I own a droid, and have paid $1 to $15 for several apps (10-15 of them), including some games. Obviously, I am willing to pay for a good app, but not one that makes obscene noises, has clunky game play (EA’s release of SPORE for instance, which looked equivalent to a bad cell phone game and not the beautiful game produced for the iPhone) or does nothing useful. Furthermore, there is the problem that some publishers seem to specifically ignore the android OS (amazon and BN.com) as a venue for applications that are free on other systems. I would gladly pay for books if I could loan them out to my wife’s nook, but I feel cheated having to have two copies just so I can read one on my phone instead of hauling half a pound of plastic with me. I would, in fact, quite happily pay a few dollars for this app, even though it is free for almost any other smart phone.

By: krw

krw — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:13:30 +0000

You must work for Apple, I for one am not a garbage person, and own an android phone, I pay for the apps that I like. The reason that Android doesn’t have the number of Apps that the Iphone has is that the Iphone has been on the market a lot longer than Android has. Give android time and you will see more people choosing Android because of the freedom of choice people will have in their apps compared to what some people deem appropriate for you.

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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:00:41 +0000

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By: John Smith

John Smith — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:43:14 +0000

So what is your point here? People who are willing to pay for things that are free elsewhere are Good people, and people who pay for their phone by calling with it are Bad people?
I think what you call ‘Good’ people I call ‘ not so smart’ people. Ergo in my opinion ‘not so smart’ people buy iPhones.
And about the ‘garbage’ software on Android: I guess it is better to let Apple decide what is garbage and what is Good for people? That kind of reminds me of the church hegemony that was so Good to people in the middle ages.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:15:45 +0000

I buy games on my G1. However, the games that GameLoft sells aren’t ones I would buy, ever. I wouldn’t even look at them to try. But that’s just me.

Personally, I’m spoiled by my music player – a Zune. Prior to the Zune, I had devices that played Microsoft Plays4Sure WMA, and I had Yahoo Music. Both services filled the same purpose – endless variety of music for one monthly fee, the device only mattered in that it supported the music drm, AND had good to excellent sound quality. Saved me endless hours of ripping and encoding and tagging the 1000+ CD’s I already owned. Things that are near-to-impossible to buy on CD are readily available on Zune.

I have a Kindle (actually, I have purchased 3 kindles, which are still linked to my account – they are for family members.). I purchase (not get for free) 2 to 5 books a month – I don’t know if that’s high or low. I still check out 10 to 20 books a month at the library. I don’t buy near as many dead-tree books anymore.

A Netflix type service for e-books would be a killer application, it just has to apply broadly, and not be limited to one device. I think once there is a critical mass of ebook devices, they’ll figure out a way create a netflix like service to supply ebooks to them. You have to figure Google has already thought of that!