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What change does Apple most need to make to the App Store? [Poll]

By Georgia, Friday, Feb 24, 2012 a 10:46 am

Apple announced the App Store way back in spring of 2008 as part of the iPhone SDK event, and now 4 years later it's the biggest thing to ever hit mobile applications, but it still has a lot of issues. If you could wave a magic wand and have Apple add one thing to the App Store, what would it be?

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Dear Apple: How About that Premium App Store?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 a 9:10 am

Just prior to iPhone 3.0 there were rumors that Apple would introduce a Premium App Store which would let high quality apps in the $10 or $20+ range enjoy some breathing room away from the "race to the bottom" pressure of the current cheapy novelty app crowd. Why is this still a good idea? Well, AppCubby has run the numbers and it looks like $5 (down from $10) is the new ceiling for App Store apps:

Sygic "Confirms" First Turn-by-Turn App to Enter App Store?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009 a 9:52 am

Dieter gave us our first eyes-on look at Sygic's Turn-by-Turn GPS solution for the iPhone 3G, but we wondered if Apple -- whose iPhone SDK specifically forbid providing such navigation -- would ever allow it.

Seems Sygic thinks they will:

Premium App Store Plus! iPhone 3.0 Rumors Recycled!

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Mar 14, 2009 a 11:20 am

Our guess is that the buildup to this Tuesday's iPhone OS 3.0 Preview will be filled with rumors, new and old. Speaking of old, Wired has just dusted off the Premium App Store (or App Store Plus) story from back in January. While that story focused on Premium Games, and Wired re-enforces that focus, they all suggest there could be a wider range of content: