Comments on: Android Market Sales, Are Those Tears or is it Raining in Here? http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/ Blog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Do we need openness for our toaster? | CloudAve http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-820 Do we need openness for our toaster? | CloudAve Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:32 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-820 [...] For developers, I actually think iPhone/iPad platform is pretty open. Their APIs are pretty exhaustive and are improved constantly. I expect to see some innovative apps on the iPad. We have seen troubles with Android due to ‘openness’ (available in n devices, by m carriers with x number of screen sizes and y number of configurations). Android Market app sales talk for themselves. Contrast that with the iPhone App sales. [...] [...] For developers, I actually think iPhone/iPad platform is pretty open. Their APIs are pretty exhaustive and are improved constantly. I expect to see some innovative apps on the iPad. We have seen troubles with Android due to ‘openness’ (available in n devices, by m carriers with x number of screen sizes and y number of configurations). Android Market app sales talk for themselves. Contrast that with the iPhone App sales. [...]

]]> By: Do we need openness for our toaster? « Raju Vegesna’s Blog http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-809 Do we need openness for our toaster? « Raju Vegesna’s Blog Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:44:20 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-809 [...] in n devices, by m carriers with x number of screen sizes and y number of configurations). Android Market app sales talk for themselves. Contrast that with the iPhone App [...] [...] in n devices, by m carriers with x number of screen sizes and y number of configurations). Android Market app sales talk for themselves. Contrast that with the iPhone App [...]

]]> By: Mehdi http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-793 Mehdi Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-793 Android is such a nicely constructed OS. As for Android Market Place, it is the exact opposite. There is no doubt that Apple has been extremely successful with iTunes store. the reason? iTunes is already installed on most devices, it is all in one and easy to use. I don't understand why Google shouldn't follow the same approach. Even the look of the Android Market place is disgusting. Contents are not managed, everything is messy, not enough info is given about apps and the payment process is complicated. It should be one click buy. It is obvious that the smart engineers in Google are thinking they can manage a store the same way they manage an OS. Android is such a nicely constructed OS. As for Android Market Place, it is the exact opposite.

There is no doubt that Apple has been extremely successful with iTunes store. the reason? iTunes is already installed on most devices, it is all in one and easy to use.

I don’t understand why Google shouldn’t follow the same approach. Even the look of the Android Market place is disgusting. Contents are not managed, everything is messy, not enough info is given about apps and the payment process is complicated. It should be one click buy.

It is obvious that the smart engineers in Google are thinking they can manage a store the same way they manage an OS.

]]> By: Android App Store: The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease | Lessons of Failure http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-790 Android App Store: The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease | Lessons of Failure Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:06:18 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-790 [...] situation better with Android’s Marketplace because of lower competition?  Here’s one developer’s experience with Android vs. iPhone markets. My favorite is their quote: A good example is the well known game Trism, which sold over $250,000 [...] [...] situation better with Android’s Marketplace because of lower competition?  Here’s one developer’s experience with Android vs. iPhone markets. My favorite is their quote: A good example is the well known game Trism, which sold over $250,000 [...]

]]> By: The sad affair of Android app sales | Developer @ UniUrs http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-768 The sad affair of Android app sales | Developer @ UniUrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:45:26 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-768 [...] port wasn’t even enough to cover something basic like powering on their computers. See: Paltry Android app sales. Here’s a [...] [...] port wasn’t even enough to cover something basic like powering on their computers. See: Paltry Android app sales. Here’s a [...]

]]> By: The Third Player | eBook News - Information for a digital nation http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-688 The Third Player | eBook News - Information for a digital nation Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:01:42 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-688 [...] and the Motorola Droid, to name just one other, promises to be massive. Thirdly the App Marketplace remains weak in comparison to the App Store, but is also growing fast, as Google developers and UX people plus a [...] [...] and the Motorola Droid, to name just one other, promises to be massive. Thirdly the App Marketplace remains weak in comparison to the App Store, but is also growing fast, as Google developers and UX people plus a [...]

]]> By: Don’t Throw in the Towel for Google Just Yet: Android vs iPhone as a Gaming Platform | TriplePoint PR http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-675 Don’t Throw in the Towel for Google Just Yet: Android vs iPhone as a Gaming Platform | TriplePoint PR Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:55:58 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-675 [...] the market and at the moment, there is not much of a gaming market for Android. Developers have openly discussed the dismal revenues being generated by Android when compared with iPhone’s shining profits for [...] [...] the market and at the moment, there is not much of a gaming market for Android. Developers have openly discussed the dismal revenues being generated by Android when compared with iPhone’s shining profits for [...]

]]> By: Heikki Toivonen http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-665 Heikki Toivonen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:58 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-665 I did a poll on Android earnings (sales + ads) and 60% of developers had earned less than $250, and only 1 (out of 59 answers) had made more than $50,000. Nobody had made over $100,000. See http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/poll/android-earnings/ I did a poll on Android earnings (sales + ads) and 60% of developers had earned less than $250, and only 1 (out of 59 answers) had made more than $50,000. Nobody had made over $100,000. See http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/poll/android-earnings/

]]> By: thedigitalist.net » The Third Player http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-632 thedigitalist.net » The Third Player Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:26:42 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-632 [...] and the Motorola Droid, to name just one other, promises to be massive. Thirdly the App Marketplace remains weak in comparison to the App Store, but is also growing fast, as Google developers and UX people plus a [...] [...] and the Motorola Droid, to name just one other, promises to be massive. Thirdly the App Marketplace remains weak in comparison to the App Store, but is also growing fast, as Google developers and UX people plus a [...]

]]> By: Enttäuschte Entwickler: Warum der Android Market ein App Store zweiter Klasse ist | Basic Thinking Blog http://larvalabs.com/blog/iphone/android-market-sales/#comment-630 Enttäuschte Entwickler: Warum der Android Market ein App Store zweiter Klasse ist | Basic Thinking Blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:20:54 +0000 http://larvalabs.com/blog/?p=153#comment-630 [...] leiden unter der Knauserigkeit ihrer eigenen Kunden. Die Game-App-Schmiede Larva Labs kann davon ein Lied singen: Gleich zwei Spiele hatten sie in den Top-10 des Android Markets. Was meint ihr, was sie damit [...] [...] leiden unter der Knauserigkeit ihrer eigenen Kunden. Die Game-App-Schmiede Larva Labs kann davon ein Lied singen: Gleich zwei Spiele hatten sie in den Top-10 des Android Markets. Was meint ihr, was sie damit [...]

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