Hey, be fair, the iPhone has also had over 3 and a half years to develop it app store plus it was already a widely used media source for iPods before hand. Compare the Apple app store size equally as in Android has had what, a year about? So show us the Apple app size equal to the length of time Android's, and WinMo's, and Blackberry's, and Palms, etc app markets have been out. I'm sorry, I know they started it but when comparing a 3.5 year old service to a few months/year into its release is 100% not fair nor very revealing of any competitive info. It's like comparing a 3.5 month year old against a new born, "My baby can talk so my baby will always rule over your baby because your baby just knows how to suck your nipple." Can I say nipple? Well I said it twice so sue me! =)
finally someone with some sense in them. be fair, fanboys are great, but it can get kind of ridiculous. I would love the iphone if i could just get pandora to run in the background, my fav thing on my g1.
You must be going off of the 2-month-old official app store for Windows Mobile. In reality, there's who knows how many apps out there. Much more than 550.
@ZRod >> "So show us the Apple app size equal to the length of time Android's, and WinMo's, and Blackberry's, and Palms, etc app markets have been out. I'm sorry, I know they started it but when comparing a 3.5 year old service to a few months/year into its release is 100% not fair nor very revealing of any competitive info."
You're right. It's unfair to compare Apple's huge app store to other app stores that are only a few months old.
But, that's something the competitors have to deal with... the iPhone *has* had a huge lead on all the other app stores. They can't change that.
There is a reason the Apple App Store grew at such a fast rate: there were millions of iPhones and iPod Touches in people's hands... and the developers believed in it. Blame Apple for creating a device that many people bought... and blame the developers for supporting that platform... and blame consumers for buying all those apps.
When the Apple App Store first opened... Android wasn't even announced. Palm had the Centro and the Treo. Windows Mobile was not really a consumer mobile OS. Whose fault was that?
So... I'll tell you what will happen when the other app stores have had more time to mature... Apple will still have a huge user base, there will still be more developers supporting the iPhone platform, and there will still be more apps in the Apple's App Store.
It's probably not the answer you're looking for... but Apple is not gonna slow down to let the others catch up.
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Hey, be fair, the iPhone has also had over 3 and a half years to develop it app store plus it was already a widely used media source for iPods before hand.
Compare the Apple app store size equally as in Android has had what, a year about? So show us the Apple app size equal to the length of time Android's, and WinMo's, and Blackberry's, and Palms, etc app markets have been out. I'm sorry, I know they started it but when comparing a 3.5 year old service to a few months/year into its release is 100% not fair nor very revealing of any competitive info. It's like comparing a 3.5 month year old against a new born, "My baby can talk so my baby will always rule over your baby because your baby just knows how to suck your nipple." Can I say nipple? Well I said it twice so sue me! =)
finally someone with some sense in them. be fair, fanboys are great, but it can get kind of ridiculous. I would love the iphone if i could just get pandora to run in the background, my fav thing on my g1.
You must be going off of the 2-month-old official app store for Windows Mobile. In reality, there's who knows how many apps out there. Much more than 550.
@ZRod >> "So show us the Apple app size equal to the length of time Android's, and WinMo's, and Blackberry's, and Palms, etc app markets have been out. I'm sorry, I know they started it but when comparing a 3.5 year old service to a few months/year into its release is 100% not fair nor very revealing of any competitive info."
You're right. It's unfair to compare Apple's huge app store to other app stores that are only a few months old.
But, that's something the competitors have to deal with... the iPhone *has* had a huge lead on all the other app stores. They can't change that.
There is a reason the Apple App Store grew at such a fast rate: there were millions of iPhones and iPod Touches in people's hands... and the developers believed in it. Blame Apple for creating a device that many people bought... and blame the developers for supporting that platform... and blame consumers for buying all those apps.
When the Apple App Store first opened... Android wasn't even announced. Palm had the Centro and the Treo. Windows Mobile was not really a consumer mobile OS. Whose fault was that?
So... I'll tell you what will happen when the other app stores have had more time to mature... Apple will still have a huge user base, there will still be more developers supporting the iPhone platform, and there will still be more apps in the Apple's App Store.
It's probably not the answer you're looking for... but Apple is not gonna slow down to let the others catch up.