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VIRTUALISATION One billion downloads from Apple's App Store
VIRTUALISATION One billion downloads from Apple's App Store | One billion downloads from Apple's App Store |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 24 April 2009 | |
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Part of the highly successful iTunes Store, the App Store is the only way of adding software without jailbreaking an iPhone. It makes it easy to find, download and install applications, and other mobile device and platform vendors (eg, Microsoft/Windows Mobile, Google/Android and Nokia) are following suit. One recurring complaint concerns the criteria used to accept or reject individual applications. Some developers object to the way certain classes of application are refused entry (eg, VoIP over 3G) and the occasional seemingly arbitrary rejection. Conversely, some applications are initially accepted and subsequently rejected after an outcry. The latest example is Baby Shaker, which has the player shake the iPhone to stop a virtual baby crying. A 30 percent commission is deducted from developers' revenues by Apple to meet the costs of operating the store - and presumably to turn a profit. The sale of paid applications thus subsidises the free apps, since 30 percent of nothing is nothing. What about the 'billionth app' competition? Please read on. |
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