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more about #twitterific more comments → fleebailey33: you are making the iphone usable and available for people who lots of times don't even use a computer, There will always be a market for quality apps.... more » iElvis: Nonsense. The App Store is going nowhere. When you have 50 million potential customers and 2 billion downloads in less than two years, you have a hu... more » jimmyg: At some point users have to get back into the mindset that if they want quality content, whether it's iPhone apps, eBooks, newspapers, movies, music o... more » €hЯ!§: I don't mind spending good money on a good app. I just don't like to spend a lot of money on an app when I don't get a chance to try it first. But for... more » MWUK: Also pricing needs to lose the catergoric system... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I think you're missing a lot of points in this guys. A) No packaging B) Decently effective anti-theft feature of apps being tied to the phone's accou... more » reifer: "Myself and others like me will have no choice but to focus our development efforts elsewhere." And, where would that be?? I still believe that the ... more » WeaselWeaz000: Interesting, but ignores that Wal-Mart still exists. They follow a similar business plan: get low-priced products that can sell to many people, with q... more » Zoolook: I think something to remember here is that this is all still very new. The market will sort things out, and eventually there will be established playe... more » stokessd: My app is free, it doesn't get any cheaper than that. I'm in the center of the black hole... #theappstoreeffect more » Yinzers Are People Too: I have to say that this is by far the best article I've read on Gizmodo since I started frequenting the site (about a year ago, I think). Thanks, John... more » Stromson: *sigh* The truth hurts. Great article, John. #theappstoreeffect more » cabjf: But I remember hearing that iPhone users are more likely to purchase apps than other smartphone users. Combine the number of iPhones and iPod Touches... more » emailwes: The purpose of monetary compensation is to spur innovation. I would argue that there is plenty of innovation for iPhone apps so prices are just right.... more » DeathVac: Just wait till Adobe releases it's Flash tool to export to a native iPhone app - today's number of apps is going to seem like the good ol' days. more » -
#iphoneapps
The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion?
It's uncanny. When known software gets repackaged for iPhones and iPod Touches and passes through the hallowed gates of the App Store, something happens: Almost invariably, it gets cheaper. Waaay cheaper. Good right? Well, not always. More » -
#twitter
Please God Let Twitter Explode and Go Away Forever
There've been some reports about an upcoming "Twitpocalypse" in which Twitter would finally crash and burn due to the limitations of a 32-bit signed integer. Allegedly, Twitter will collapse once the number of tweets passes 2,147,483,647. More » -
#iphoneapps
Twitterific 2.0 iPhone App Lightning Review
When iPhone 2.0 launched, Twitterific was the Twitter app. Beautiful, clean, simple. Then Twitter apps exploded, and several months later, it suddenly seemed a little too simple. Twitterific 2 plays feature catch-up. More » -
#iphoneapps
iPhone Twitter App Battlemodo: Best and Worst Twitter Apps for iPhone
When the App Store launched, there were a handful of Twitter apps for the iPhone. Now there's ten zillion. We've read thousands of tweets on every Twitter app, so here are the best, and worst. More » -
#behindthecurtain
The Trouble With the iPhone Apps Business
It's no secret that being an iPhone app developer is at times rough business, mostly due to Apple's goofy authoritarianism. But judging by some recent soul-spilling by a few leading devs, things are getting rougher. More »
