Hi CnmJbm, In your opinion, what is the iPhone's killer app?
On Mar 30, 3:22 pm, CnmJbm <[email protected]> wrote: > I am an Android fan, advocating Android OS and phones to my company > executives, my colleagues, my friends and my children. > > However, they seem not interested. > > The reason seems to me that there is no killer Android application so > far on the market that is imperative to the 'end users' above whom i > know of. Hence, there is no incentive to a networking product company > to get involved with Android. > > By a killer application, i meant one that is useful daily (at least > often) and has no iPhone/Blackberry/Symbian counterpart. > > Just my personal opinion. > > On Mar 30, 8:46 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anyone have any ideas on what group of consumers would buy Android > > phones (apart from Android fans that is :))? > > > People are always going to compare Android to something else, and at the > > moment the iPhone comes closest because of the similarity of hardware specs. > > > Should it be compared with something else instead which would better > > represent what is available to the potential android market at the moment? > > > Al. > > > --- > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://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. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > [email protected] > > Sent: 30 March 2009 14:23 > > To: Android Discuss > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: A worrying statistic ... > > > I do feel that Android has been keeping a very close eye on iPhone and if > > you look at the hardware that got included on G1 (touch screen, > > accelerometer, marketplace), I think we can all agree that the Google > > engineers have done a fantastic job implementing the best features of > > iPhone. > > > Most comparisons on web are between Android and iPhone, not between Android > > and Blackberry, although the latter exists as well. > > > So with all this great hardware available on Android, its a shame that > > quality games are still looking some way off. > > > I know we don't all play games, but we all want our platform to flourish. > > And many of us want to sell apps on Android to supplement income (I am > > actually an app developer, not a game developer). > > > But if people making purchasing decisions are all buying iPhones because the > > feeling is there are no good games on Android, this will affect the rest of > > the platform, and the market for selling apps will be much smaller - it is > > this last point that concerns me personally. > > > On Mar 30, 2:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Can Android compete in a smartphone marketplace if the games are > > > > just not there? > > > > Yes. > > > > There is no doubt that iPhone is an entertainment device first and > > > foremost based on app sales: > > > >http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/books-is-the-fastest-growing-categor... > > > > However, iPhone isn't the only mobile OS in town, and I do not get the > > > sense the other mobile platforms are quite so dependent upon > > > entertainment for their success. I'd love to see charts akin to the > > > ones in the post linked to above for Symbian and Blackberry, for example. > > > > If you have links to such data, please post it! > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
