Comments on: Apple Trumpeting iPhone App Store a Gut Punch to Microsoft and Verizon?

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:31:39 +0000

@Falkirk

Maybe it just means we have higher standards.

Keep playing with your fart, beer, and restaurant-finder shaking apps.

By: Falkirk

Falkirk — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:23:57 +0000

What a bunch of whiners. The fact that some of you can’t find useful or well written apps out of the 60,000 available says more about you than it does the app store. I too have problems with certain aspects of the app store. But unread of focusing on the 1% Apple got wrong I’ll continue to be amazed by the miracle that is the app store.

By: Therealtruth

Therealtruth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:42:52 +0000

@truth, stop being an arse and stop complaining and trolling like a whiny bitch, I’m also using the iPhone”s keyboard and it’s perfect, also, the app store is filled with garbage AND useful, creative, and entertaining apps/games. You have to dig deep to find something absolutely useful or any of what I listed, otherwise, u shouldn’t say shit about the app store, don’t like it, don’t use it. Sure, go ahead and get a pre with its abundance of issues or a hero which will be outdated by the time it releases.

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:58:10 +0000

Damn iPhone keypad…

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:45:50 +0000

@ Athynz

nobody is denying apple's innovation. It revolutionized touchscreens and brought an app store and it's tighly integrated iTunes suite to the iPhone but beyond that they haven't done much. I look at them as what have they dine fir me lately. My answer: not a damn thing.

By: athynz

athynz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:41:34 +0000

I love it when the haters come out to play – sure there are some crap apps out there, and yeah some that seem to duplicate functionality but beyond that Apple has done an innovative thing here with the iPhones and the app store that all of the others are scrambling to catch up with. Especially with Verizon saying they are going to cripple the BB app store…

By: Desmond

Desmond — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:38:57 +0000

Truth you are right I’m looking beyond as well. If ATT gets the HERO or something equivalent it’s a wrap. iPhone is definitely beyond any other attempt of an app store and the way they are trying to go with PNS Browsing xperience. But it’s time for a change.

By: Truth

Truth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:21:56 +0000

@Krishna

The others are far more open and Apple has had plenty of time to develop its App store. The others have followed suit and will develop their own idea of an App Store. Perhaps they will work with developers on quality and not quantity. 99% of the app store is garbage and yes I said it g-a-r-b-a-g-e.

I'm looking ahead of the Iphone. If ATT gets the Pre or the Hero my Iphone is heading to Ebay Heaven.

By: Krishna Santani

Krishna Santani — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:57:24 +0000

Clearly Apple store is ruling the roost in application arena… There is no one even near to it to compete.Nokia, RIM, Palm and Android all wanted to replicate App Store. Verizon is also toying with the idea by announcing its own APP store… But getting large number of developers and building the software is not bread and butter.. Catch App Store if you can!!

By: jbrandonf

jbrandonf — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:53:27 +0000

More importantly than rumors of an iPhone going to Verizons not-yet-deployed LTE network, how will this afflect the Pre?

This is the exact reason that I will never use Verizon. This kind of mentality is exactly what cripples phones. AT&T took a chance by surrendering a lot of control to Apple and it certainly paid off. What does V not understand? People might like you if you make things fair for consumers, and manufacturers too!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:49:34 +0000

Lol. Um. If u dont like the app store. Dont use it. I dont see u comn up with an alternative. As far as useless apps. U people would be complaining if apple blocked all of the useless apps. So they dont and u still complain. Come on guys. Take it for what it is. I dont like bed bath and beyond. So i dont shop there. Wow. Revelations. Lol

By: Al

Al — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:34:40 +0000

I have to agree. About 1% of the apps (roughly 650 total) I would say are actually well written and useful apps so the sheer numbers argument doesn’t necessarily hold much weight. However, the number of downloads by users is unprecedented. Having OTA downloads for apps in an easy to use system is incredible. The apps make the phone so much better and Apple has created an incredible environment for those apps. That’s where the genius is, developers have the tools to make great apps and they have come up with some great ones.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:27:54 +0000

It will only take one or two killer apps on the wm marketplace that apple won't allow. Apple's big brother mentality has the potential to kill the app store. When I think of the great apps that have been banned or crippled by the app store...

Besides... Divide the number of apps by 2 to account for the trial versions and "lite" versions then divide the result by 20 to eliminate the useless and frivolous apps (I am being generous ) to get the real number.

By: AgBand

AgBand — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:12:55 +0000

why the heck does it bleep out ‘F a r t’?

By: AgBand

AgBand — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:12:16 +0000

I don’t think that a windows marketplace can catch up at all. 1.5 billion is a heck of a headstart, but I do think that if MS were to include as many fart apps and as much useless shit as the App Store has, it might do just as well. I do wonder how much better app retention rate will be on WinMo versus iPhone

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:10:26 +0000

This begs a question – would people still leave AT&T for Verizon if they block the App Store?

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:59:16 +0000

ummmm… most of them are games… and the games are actually awesome…

By: treats

treats — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:32:55 +0000

That's all great and all, but the difference between a MS/Blackberry app store and a Apple one is they have their OS on EVERY SINGLE carrier in the world just about.

I have a 3G and a 3GS, and I'm pretty sure there isn't over 100 apps that are useful on any of these app stores. COMING SOON 20K different twitter apps!

By: sting7k

sting7k — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:29:24 +0000

TiPb needs an internet connection, it has to be 17+ now.

By: Dmys

Dmys — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:23:31 +0000

No matter how much I despise the app store sometimes, it is an impressive number. I wouldn’t say it’s low blow to either companies. Maybe they are flaunting it a bit but really, look at the numbers, they are quiet staggering compared to others.