Pure iPhone only apps are a waste of time and do not make enough to recoup the initial investment - I agree with Nick in that the environment is similar to f8, a bunch or junk no-one uses.
Having said that games are doing okish... but that's about it, so perhpas build a good game, but it better be good, with a strong marketing campaign behind it. Also just FYI recently we have noted that with the latest version of firmware Apple in their infinite wisdom has broken deep linking into the apps store, anyone else got this problem? AMD On Dec 14, 8:17 pm, "Nick Holmes a Court" <[email protected]> wrote: > IMO The market for iPhone apps seems similar to the market for Facebook > apps... > > I would speculate that other than a few outliers, the majority of the > iphone/platform apps will be small value businesses that probably don't > reward the developers with any real multiples of their time/cost :( > > I certainly wouldnt fund or start an iPhone/Facebook app business... > definately interested to see how this plays out though! > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Elias Bizannes > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Graham Dawson (brother of Ross) shares some interesting information about > > his experience > > >http://www.technation.com.au/2008/11/17/how-much-can-you-really-make-... > > > Elias Bizannes > > Mobile: +61 412 338 508 > > E-mail: [email protected] > > DataPortability.Org - SiliconBeachAustralia.Org > > Chat: Skype: elias.bizannes > > [image: Linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasbizannes>[image: > > Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501903123>[image: > > Flickr] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/liako/>[image: > > Twitter]<http://twitter.com/liako>[image: > > del.icio.us] <http://delicious.com/liako>[image: Blogger]<http://liako.biz> > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Alex North <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I can assure him there are some developers making money. But I guess it > >> depends how many zeros there need to be at the end before Ballmer calls it > >> "money". It's now split between hundreds of developers in a community > >> instead of in one company's bank account. > > >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Sriram Panyam <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Apple certainly is. I wonder if Steve (Ballmer) was commenting on the > >>> proliferation of 99c ringtone apps has reduced the opportunity for serious > >>> apps. > > >>> But seriously though I give Steve too much credit for assuming he thought > >>> that far! > > >>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Warren Seen <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Goose. Simple as that. Apple is making a truckload for one... ;-) > > >>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Rod Peno <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> hi, > > >>>>> Steve Ballmer recently commented that nobody was making money off the > >>>>> iPhone AppStore. Is the man a goose? Any thoughts? > > >>> -- > >>> Blog:http://panyam.wordpress.com > >>> URL:http://www.geocities.com/spany_1 > > > -- > > Elias Bizannes > >http://liako.biz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" 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/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
