Comments on: Is selling mobile applications a new business fad? http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/02/11/is-selling-mobile-applications-a-new-business-fad/ Reflections about world, startups, mobile phones and social games by Teemu Kurppa Sun, 13 May 2012 14:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nicholas http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/02/11/is-selling-mobile-applications-a-new-business-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-434 nicholas Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:59:34 +0000 http://dirtyaura.org/blog/?p=112#comment-434 Hello, There is research from the past that suggests Mac users are more likely to purchase applications. As a designer, I skew the numbers, with fonts and software. We are developing an application framework and platform for supporting marketing applications, so the blur between the businesses of application development and advertising is likely to continue. The measure of cost should be changed to value. We believe that marketing apps should provide free embedded content that provides value. We are simply shifting the cost to the marketer. As with the web, we will see different mechanisms for generating value, but I believe that advertising will be accepted when it provides value to the customer, and that applications offer excellent personal interaction possibilities, while social networking allows for awareness or expanding the market. The genius of the iPhone/iPod Touch is that the entire application process is very tight. Nokia and Blackberry in particular do not offer the same cohesiveness, nor do they offer the user experience. The costs of supporting applications across divergent platforms is too high as well. Hello,

There is research from the past that suggests Mac users are more likely to purchase applications. As a designer, I skew the numbers, with fonts and software.

We are developing an application framework and platform for supporting marketing applications, so the blur between the businesses of application development and advertising is likely to continue. The measure of cost should be changed to value. We believe that marketing apps should provide free embedded content that provides value. We are simply shifting the cost to the marketer. As with the web, we will see different mechanisms for generating value, but I believe that advertising will be accepted when it provides value to the customer, and that applications offer excellent personal interaction possibilities, while social networking allows for awareness or expanding the market.

The genius of the iPhone/iPod Touch is that the entire application process is very tight. Nokia and Blackberry in particular do not offer the same cohesiveness, nor do they offer the user experience. The costs of supporting applications across divergent platforms is too high as well.

]]> By: mike http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/02/11/is-selling-mobile-applications-a-new-business-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-431 mike Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:06:49 +0000 http://dirtyaura.org/blog/?p=112#comment-431 i think that the amount of downloads/sales is more of an indicator to the willingness of the Maciban (those people who have a Fundamental religious belief in the power of Jobs) to buy software. At the last Helsinki BarCamp, i was amazed that most of the Mac owners there had been willing to *buy* a CD burning program because it had pretty flame effects above the windows but other than that, no extra functionality than the built in burning software. What would be a *really* interesting statistic would be to see the percentage of iPhone users who had never owned another Apple product. i think that the amount of downloads/sales is more of an indicator to the willingness of the Maciban (those people who have a Fundamental religious belief in the power of Jobs) to buy software.

At the last Helsinki BarCamp, i was amazed that most of the Mac owners there had been willing to *buy* a CD burning program because it had pretty flame effects above the windows but other than that, no extra functionality than the built in burning software.

What would be a *really* interesting statistic would be to see the percentage of iPhone users who had never owned another Apple product.

]]> By: teemu http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/02/11/is-selling-mobile-applications-a-new-business-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-430 teemu Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:50:21 +0000 http://dirtyaura.org/blog/?p=112#comment-430 Yes, you are right that if we count all MS Office installations, the number is likely to be somewhere between 0 and 5. I'm quite confident that there are surprising number of users that install no extra software on PC or laptop, using it just for browsing. I installed Firefox and Google Earth for my mother's Mac, but that's about it, they don't need anything else. Yes, you are right that if we count all MS Office installations, the number is likely to be somewhere between 0 and 5. I’m quite confident that there are surprising number of users that install no extra software on PC or laptop, using it just for browsing. I installed Firefox and Google Earth for my mother’s Mac, but that’s about it, they don’t need anything else.

]]> By: macoute http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/02/11/is-selling-mobile-applications-a-new-business-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-429 macoute Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:38:57 +0000 http://dirtyaura.org/blog/?p=112#comment-429 So you think that an average PC has about 1 installed software in it? Did I undestand something wrong? I myself am an heavy-user, so not comparable to an average user, but I think almost most of the users have an MSN-client, Office (or alike), maybe some software for their digital cameras, a media player etc etc. So you think that an average PC has about 1 installed software in it? Did I undestand something wrong? I myself am an heavy-user, so not comparable to an average user, but I think almost most of the users have an MSN-client, Office (or alike), maybe some software for their digital cameras, a media player etc etc.

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