When it's available. Mine still appears and disappears whenever it wants... didn't have it most of the weekend. And it's not exactly easy to find that option; somehow the choice needs to be more evident.
On Mar 9, 8:38 am, James Clements <[email protected]> wrote: > The menu item filter makes it very easy to see free, paid or both very > easily ... > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Muthu Ramadoss > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I think there needs to exist 2 separate markets: > > > 1. Android Free Market > > 2. Android Paid Market > > > This would make the interface clearer and also encourage users who are > > looking for paid apps to find stuff easier than it exists now. > > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > >http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914 > >http://androidrocks.in- Android Consulting. > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I don't know. I got nearly a hundred thousand downloads of my demo, > >> but the sales of the (very highly rated) priced version have been > >> appalling. And I'm ABOVE Guitar Hero in the rankings, for Heaven's > >> sake! I am doing this as a one-man side business and STILL wondering > >> if it's worth my time... I can't imagine a business devoting much > >> development time to the platform with such dismal sales. > > >> Trying to remain positive but it's hard. > > >> On Mar 8, 5:57 pm, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Ahahahahaha, I did look at the downloads of the top 10 apps - they are > >> > PATHETIC, the max number of downloads I saw was 1000-5000. How many G1 > >> > owners are out there, I'd bet on < 100K. > > >> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM, friedger <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > > Android stats say here are 10 paid applications. > >> > >http://androidstats.com/ranking/applications?filter=paid > > >> > > However, I don't know what this stats are based on, better check the > >> > > market yourself... > > >> > > Friedger > > >> > > On 7 Mrz., 00:16, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> You can find out for yourself. Browse the market with a G1 and check > >> > >> the number of downloads of some of the at-price apps that compare to > >> > >> your friend's vision apps and that have been made available for > >> > >> download for a few weeks now. This would be a 15 to 30 minute > >> exercise > >> > >> that will give you the business intel you are looking for. Then > >> assume > >> > >> a return rate, deduct Google's 30% cut from the revenue. You're > >> friend > >> > >> will now the applicable taxes, ODC etc. > >> > >> This will be an order of magnitude estimate only, but should be > >> > >> accurate enough to arrive at a conclusion. > > >> > >> On Mar 6, 2:20 pm, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >> > An acquaintance who runs a small business (not in the mobile area) > >> and > >> > >> > employs one programmer, is wondering whether to develop apps for > >> > >> > Android Marketplace. He wondered whether it is financial sense to > >> do > >> > >> > so and I recommended the Android marketplace, but do not want to > >> > >> > mislead him. While the commercial success of the iPhone marketplace > >> is > >> > >> > well known, what has been the commercial story of apps sold in the > >> > >> > Android marketplace? > >> > >> > How many downloads per month, how much sales volume in $, average > >> > >> > price of an app, how many are free downloads vs paid, how many > >> apps, > >> > >> > how many G1 phones are around etc. Are there any reliable > >> statistics > >> > >> > from Google on this?- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
