Comments on: Vodafone's App Store: Bigger than Apple?

By: Gambao

Gambao — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:08:00 +0000

Most importantly though, it takes the simplicity and thus ease of use out of the game. And I would posit that this is a big contributor to the (Apple) app store’s success: simplicity from entry (ingest an app into the store), management (price, etc) to consumption (download and active use). This will be a tough one for Vodafone to overcome, and it is indeed the one point where OEMs have much better opportunities to “get it right”. That the relationship between carriers and OEMs is not always without strain has only recently been proven again, sooooo: the jury is probably still out on that one.

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The Beginning: Ovi Clocking 1m Downloads a Day | Volker on Mobile — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:51:54 +0000

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Game Aggregators: New World Order | Volker on Mobile — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:41:49 +0000

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By: Carnival of the Mobilists #175 | Volker on Mobile Entertainment

Carnival of the Mobilists #175 | Volker on Mobile Entertainment — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:37:00 +0000

[...] hosted over by Igor Faletski at his Mobify blog, and you can read it here. Included is my post on Vodafone’s forthcoming app store as well as a couple of great contributions on use of mobile technology in the education sector as [...]

By: MOBIFY » Carnival of the Mobilists #175

MOBIFY » Carnival of the Mobilists #175 — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:57:29 +0000

[...] Hirsch ponders the future of the Vodafone Appstore, outlining its advantages and disadvantages when compared to the much-hyped Apple Appstore. [...]