Comments on: 10,000 iPhone Apps – How Many Are Good?

By: 10KiPA

10KiPA — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:55:36 +0000

A visual collage of 10,000 iPhone Applications — check it out

http://www.10000iPhoneApplications.com

By: orokusaki

orokusaki — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:56 +0000

The App Store will continue to thrive for a long time to come. The developers will take a huge hit though after the onslaught of new developers joins the scene, and the supply/demand changes sides. That being said, the apps will only continue to get better as Apple finds new ways to insure that the ratings on an app are legitimate, and apps that are no good are not making money. It’s just a matter of time before there are hundreds of excellent crash-proof apps.

By: cajebo

cajebo — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:31:13 +0000

I’ll stand behind this author’s claim of ownership.

Nice post Josh. Perfect reading for one about to snag an iPhone. Methinks the other ‘folk’ are simply trying to garner back-door traffice to the TC site.

greetings from Dayton, Ohio, where it’s presently Sunday, 2:30 pm

(the above timestamp to thwart anyone’s notion I was stealing from a future comment)

By: KelliShaver

KelliShaver — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:05:09 +0000

I’m sorry, but if you can’t see that article is completely different than the one at TC, then you have the reading comprehension skills of a dyslexic chimpanzee.

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:04:42 +0000

@Anonymous Coward: The TechCrunch article (here) doesn’t talk about app fatigue, or about how much iPhone developers are making. In fact, it is really just a link to the 148apps.com page and a rehashing of a few of their stats (and not the ones that I quoted since my article was about something different than Arrington’s strict announcement post).

I’m sorry you feel that I didn’t add anything to the discussion, but I have to reject your premise.

(Oh, and the publishing dates between the TC article and this one is actually only a few hours — the server time for SitePoint is about a half day or more ahead of the server time for TechCrunch.)

By: @ChrisBultman

@ChrisBultman — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:49:03 +0000

Yes, there are a lot of useless apps. I find myself downloading and deleting apps in the same day. Since people are trying to make a buck, it’s impossible to change this pattern. We can only hope that the search and user rating tools get more sophisticated to provide good app results.

By: anonymous coward

anonymous coward — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:25:20 +0000

No i think aspidov is right… josh is a day late and a dollar short.

Other then the comment about the iphone having a rise noise on the platform this is just like the tech crunch artical. mabey josh did not think anyone on sitepoint reads tech crunch.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:02:37 +0000

Nice article again Josh, well written.

Love keeping up to date with everything web related =}

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:30:13 +0000

@aspidov: TechCrunch wasn’t the source for this story for me. I did notice that Arrington wrote about it, but he wasn’t the source. I think this post goes a bit more in depth than theirs.

I don’t ever “repost” from TechCrunch. I’ll cite them if they have good information, and I’ll write about the same thing if it is either big news that deserves reporting, or I have something to add to the conversation, but I never “repost.” That’s a pretty harsh accusation to hurl at a blogger.

By: aspidov

aspidov — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:41:25 +0000

are you guys always reposting from TechCrunch, wtf is this?