Any real difference between the stats in it and the link I posted 5 days ago;
http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/106dbc1a191a5e21/42552c0a4855c9e9?lnk=gst&q=Al+Sutton+profit+is+open#42552c0a4855c9e9 Al. Tote wrote: > You might be interested in this article, too: > http://www.rethink-wireless.com/?article_id=1082 > > Something worth citing: > "Pinch Media, found that most users who download an App Store product > use it for only a few minutes, while only 20% return to the software > the day after downloading. Long term users are only 1% of App Store > custom, a far more extreme trend than in other mobile systems, though > similar developments may well be seen in newcomers like Android > Market, as users become more magpie-like." > > and > > "it will be tough to make money from ad-supported free software when > the App Store is so crowded and users' attention span so short" > > On Feb 24, 11:15 pm, Stoyan Damov <stoyan.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:48 PM, steve68 <my6...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> well, there is no perfect world. You could market the app elsewhere. >>> But you will loose many potential customers. >>> >>> On Feb 24, 10:27 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: >>> >>>> And that is prohibited by the Market T&Cs. >>>> >>>> steve68 wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you guys find Android Market has so many issues particular in >>>>> billing area, then maybe just use it for marketing related >>>>> applications while offering the true service from your own website? >>>>> >> Fromhttp://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html >> >> " 10. Great just isn't good enough. >> >> Always deliver more than expected. Google does not accept being the >> best as an endpoint, but a starting point. Through innovation and >> iteration, Google takes something that works well and improves upon it >> in unexpected ways...." >> > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
