Also the coment “Pirated apps on jailbroken iPhones crash more, which may be why they’re used less.” This is completely false. There is no difference in the way the apps run whatsoever. This is like apple telling people not to jailbreak because it affects battery life and makes the phone unstable. Just like the phone runs 100 times better jailbroken so do the apps.

My 2c..

I don’t like the no return set up currently in the App Store, really. But, I do research before I buy anything, I contact the developer when I have issues and I delete if all else fails. Until the App Store changes its policy, that’s what I’m doing.

Now, off to nap at Hilton…

Sort of like a test drive before you commit to buy 

If you have done either of these at least once, you’re even a bigger A$$Hole than I am just for sake of being a hypocrite.

I probably buy more albums and go to the movies far more often than you do. What’s your point?

do you work? haha, just wonderin’

So what does a typical data plan (3G) cost in Russia, and what is the coverage area?

Are most phones still private imports, (ebay) or are legitimate sales starting to take hold?

You are never going to survive in these comments for long if you insist on this pattern of actual analysis, and digging for facts behind deliberately obscured statistics.

So, a significant number of iPhones in Russia was bought before Apple cared to start selling it here. And for a person who has old iPhone (which is of course jailbroken since it was bought in US/UK) there is not much sense to spend another $1K for upgrade, especially given not very nice economic situation. So, I would say it’s 100% Apple’s fault that there are so many jailbroken phones here.

The major issue with applications for the most part is that it’s so custom made and that it’s created by developers/companies with relatively no history and the chances of the app providing us with something exactly to what we want is highly remote. What is our recourse at that point? Can we return it? It’s software…nope. If something is broken in my specific hotel room, for the most part someone will come right over and fix it. With software, unless the mass has noticed something, the app gets developed according to their needs not any one users’ needs.

The point I am trying to make is that we can’t return software…there is no recourse with it if something goes wrong…and it often does. They should allow a user to try before they buy. Or perhaps continue to put manuals up with great demos on how everything works so the customer doesn’t have to guess.

As for pirating, I strongly believe that the people that do pirate have no intention of ever buying. So let’s say some how magically pirating was completely shutdown and we were all forced to buy apps to have apps. These pirate types simply will still NOT be buying apps.

Developers, do us all a favor and allow us to try before we buy. Period.

Not many companies offer a trial before you buy.

Not in the App store. But most reputable software companies these days offer a money back guarantee within some time period if you are not satisfied. They have learned it is better to have fewer customers than it is to have even a few dissatisfied customers.

Computer Associates: 60 days http://ca.intelliresponse.com/iss/index.jsp?interfaceID=1&requestType=NormalRequest&source=100&question=Ecommerce%20refund

Quicken: 60 days unconditional: http://quicken.intuit.com/support/articles/buying-and-billing/product-refund/845.html

Microsoft: 45 days http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx

Apple: hardware: 14 days, software: screwyou.

“Not many companies offer a trial before you buy.”

We are talking about software here. Take a look at how many software companies offer free trials. But I enjoyed reading your analogies

Why does everyone try to spread FUD about jailbroken phones crashing. The jailbrakes don’t crash. Crap apps crash. If an app crashes the get rid of it and call it a day.

Since I installed it and used it for a few weeks didnt hurt the developers because I would have never paid that much for an app anyways

Never heard that before. What an original excuse.

Not many companies offer a trial before you buy. Sometimes you just take your chances. Do the research, then make a decision.

Could you imagine an airline offering to taxi people around the airport before they decided to buy a ticket? How about a restaurant feeding you a meal before you decide to order? Hotels don’t let you take shower or a nap before reserving a room. Major commitments like buying a car or a house or going to a college are different. We are talking about .99 applications for your mobile phone.

(Yeah…I am being ridiculous. It is to illustrate my point.)

Also, as someone else pointed out, I have used cracked apps in the past that I had no intention of ever buying. Since I installed it and used it for a few weeks didnt hurt the developers because I would have never paid that much for an app anyways

AT&T announced today a substantial upgrade of its wireless network in metro Denver and along the Front Range.

The upgrade includes new 3G cell sites and deployment of additional wireless spectrum in the 850 MHz band. AT&T wireless subscribers in the metro area should experience improved network connectivity and better in-building wireless coverage, the company said.

“This substantial network upgrade is part of our commitment to deliver the nation’s fastest 3G connectivity along with the highest possible levels of service quality and reliability,” said Jace Barbin, vice president for AT&T’s wireless unit in the Rocky Mountain Region, in a statement.

Complaints about AT&T wireless service have surged in metro Denver over the past two months. Subscribers reported constant dropped calls, delayed voicemails and late text messages.

The company attributed some of the problems to the upgrade. Analysts said bandwidth-hogging iPhone users may have bogged down AT&T’s network. AT&T is the exclusive wireless provider for the iPhone.

The additional 850 MHz spectrum — which the company said generally leads to better in-building service — covers Fort Collins to Castle Rock, including Boulder, Denver and Greeley.

New 3G cell sites were added in Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Castle Rock, Denver, Erie, Evergreen, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Morrison, Parker and Thornton.

Also, AT&T recently announced plans to further upgrade its 3G network nationwide with HSPA 7.2 technology, which would offer much faster mobile broadband speeds. The upgrades are planned to begin in the fourth quarter, with completion expected in 2011.

Andy Vuong: 303-954-1209 or avuong@denverpost.com

so yes, lite versions still have a .3 better chance of suckering people to buy it.

on a 2nd note how much of this is just fudd?

jailbroken or cracked apps dont come from apple servers, how are they able to track what is from where.

Judging from the graph, it appears that roughly 10-15% of all iphones have been jailbroken. “About 38% [of jailbroken iphones] have used a pirated application.” “34% of all installs are cracked” This means that roughly 4-6% of iphone users have ever used a pirated application. And yet somehow, those 4-6% of iphones account for 34% of all installs? I’m a bit skeptical.

“Pirated apps on jailbroken iPhones crash more, which may be why they’re used less.” I’m really skeptical about this interpretation. That graph is really really zoomed in. Crash rates for pirated applications appear to crash only 0.5%-1.3% more sessions than a regular app. That’s fairly rare. That’s like one in every 80 to 200 sessions results in an “extra” crash.

You forgot the part where the Chart says “Jailbroken Devices”

That is yet another small percent of total iPhones.

Missing from this is the across the board numbers for pirated apps as a percentage of total sales.

I blame Pinch Media, not this blog.

LOL, look at China – holy smokes.

Its a percentage.

Since the iphone wasn’t (probably still isn’t yet) for sale in China, ANY/ALL resident users have cracked phones, and NO iTunes stores to support them.

You would therefore expect nearly 100% to be using pirated apps, there being no other way to get them.

Still, its statistical mumbo-jumbo until you see the raw numbers.

I would bet my iPhone that the raw numbers of pirated apps in the US is vastly higher, but since we have cheap and legal access to these apps, only a small percent bother to steal them.

The way the first picture is reported is also misleading. It’s titled, “Application Piracy is Global” and then it shows a graph of jailbroken iphones. Jailbreaking is not the same as pirating. Jailbreaking is what you need to unbind an iphone from the app store, and the first step to unlocking an iphone. Since iPhones are not sold in China, all their iPhones have to be imported from other carriers, so it is no surprise that an abnormally high percentage in China are jailbroken.

This blog post is either really poorly written or the author has an intentional bias that they want to express.

On a related note, I hope this gets more app developers to make “lite” versions of their software so people can try them out. The conversion numbers are much better than the alternative.

App Store needs to support a real demo period for apps. The paid “lite” stuff isn’t curttting it. While they’re at it, figure out how to do real upgrade support.

You’re a moron. The entertainment inustry will soon be in the same peril as the music industry because of assholes like you.

Nice.

@Gino – So you don’t support actors, directors or musicians?? Just asking – I’ll admit I have no conscious when it comes to this stuff. I also speed and sometimes break a drug law or two

Anyway it’s clear that continental Europe is implied.

Personally I don’t jailbreak, although I might be tempted to unlock at some point. And like most apps are only a few bucks, those who pirate them are serious cheapskates.

So it seems like China is pirating more than just Gucci Bags 