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2009-08-19
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Yes, there are good apps, no doubt about it and no arguments about that. As a developer for the iPhone though, I have to say that the "good apps bubble to the surface" isn't always the case, which is why there's so much hate tossed at fart apps and other apps of similar use/value taking up so many of the top spots.
The one and only way you make money in the app store (as of this moment anyways) is to get and stay in "New and Noteworthy" on the US store for a week or so, it seems. If you aren't there, no one's going to ever even see your app. It might as well not even exist.
And my real problem is that I'm just not sure how to really fix that. (And no, saying "make better apps and more people will use it" isn't really true here.)
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2009-08-19
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2009-08-19
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Wait, you just called Nokia a "small player in the cell phone market"?
Maybe this decades-old company is being managed only by dumb people, and they should hire you as the one CEO that will save the company from the Apple threat they are so much afraid of!!
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2009-08-19
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The FCC wouldn't be making a fuss over it if it's 'democratic'. What the (current) AppStore has is just a popularity-based announcement system. I've read they're working hard to implement a better system to overcome the deluge of apps (+70K now???) with tags and such, we'll see what they can come up with.
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2009-08-19
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#146
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Can you actually read what I wrote, or are you just being argumentative? I said "if Nokia's GOAL IS TO BECOME a small player.."
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2009-08-19
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I did understand, but I found it absurd anyway. I then distorted your words using classic rhetoric techniques to make you look silly and think a bit more about the subject. Sorry!
What is the "cell phone" market anyway? We're in the middle of a mess of media players, ebook readers, gps, cheap phones, expansive netbooks... You really think all of this will converge into the iPhone as the one product that people in general will want to buy?
I still carry my 1100 around. Best phone ever. You believe the iPhone will one day sell as many units? Not a chance. Maybe Apple will win more money selling the future iPhones then Nokia will selling their future 1100s, but still they will not turn into a "small player in the cell phone market".
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2009-08-19
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Jeeze thanks Socrates... classic rhetoric. More like classic obfuscation.
And while I'm sure Nokia is proud you are still using the 1100... I'm also sure they'd be happy to sell you a new phone as well... that's uh, how they continue to stay in business, in case you didn't know... by selling phones...Mr. Chess club...
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2009-08-19
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2009-08-20
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Maybe this decades-old company is being managed only by dumb people, and they should hire you as the one CEO that will save the company from the Apple threat they are so much afraid of!!