I don't haggle....

iPhone devs don't need to lower their prices.....

And porting for other platforms is a hassle and devs should charge more....

Maybe an app store variation of genius mixes? Instead of an app being recommended based off of ONE app, it can take more of your buying habits into account. Make it easier to rate an app without deleting it and they could throw those ratings into the equation.

Keep saved app data after a clean install and more people would be willing to make purchases for the long run. I gotten pretty far with enigmo, fieldrunners, super monkey ball, south park, Rolando, etc, etc. But then a botched upgrade forces me to restore as a new phone (when even restore from backup fails) and it's all gone. I just can't bring myself to start over knowing that the next upgrade might do the same. Not just games either. Bento had some good lists going, Groceries had items and isles all customized, i.TV had favorited shows, Disc Golf had scores saved, and don't even talk to me about todo lists. Where's the incentive to buy these apps if I can't trust this stuff to be there? Some apps let you email or cloud sync your data for backup, but not many. But if they all did then that would become a huge task to keep up with.

But problems aside, I'd be interested to see some actual sales numbers between different platforms to see how they really compare. Do they justify articles like this one or is this just scaring away good developers for no real reason?

http://www.macworld.com/article/143352/2009/10/secondgearbitbq.html?lsrc=rssmain

Pricing is a big part of that.

Someone mentioned multiplying those dollars by x100,000. This is nothing more than multi-level marketing mentality schemes - it doesn't happen like that in the real world. As if my apps (or your apps) are always at the top of the list so consumers can see and buy my apps first.

The logic is simple. If you don't feel you're getting the profit your effort should be earning in 1 month or 2, don't listen to these recruiters. Simply and slowly consider cloning your apps onto other platforms and make a real assesement rather than following some of the mind-controlling opinions here that can ruin your business and waste your time.

You're not leaving the app store, you're simply exploring other opportunities: Palm Pre, Android, WinMobile...whatever. It's in the best interest of YOUR business not consumers, that count the most.

I'm telling. lol. I can second that comment as well.. I have about 80 apps total.. never had one on other phones in the past.

There is still power in volume. I haven't seen any stats on Tweetie 2, but I bet the developer has done just fine at $3 a pop.

Knowing this, Apple is not going to be stagnant in how they market apps or let developers market them. While the App Store will be the only avenue to sell I trust that there will be more ways to get apps recognized in the future.

Finally, the less Apple does the more that they and the developers rely on The iPhone Blog.

Stop posting about how the iPhone's app economy is a giant whole in the neter-regions of some 7th layer universe. We get it. We're a bunch of cheapskates.

Although, it was interesting to see a comparison to other online app stores for once. But you have to ask how many craptastic apps are on the newly formed app stores?

I think that one of the main reasons our app store is the Wal-Mart of app stores is because too many people have spent higher prices on an app that just plain sucks. We'd rather lose a dollar on a bad app then lose 10 bucks on a bad app. And if the app just so happens to be really awesome and was only a dollar, "HEY!, I just found a bargain!"....