http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/06/04/sony-ericsson-getjar-jump-starting-an-app-store/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/06/04/sony-ericsson-getjar-jump-starting-an-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-95 So, Google: App Store or Web? Or Both? | Volker on Mobile Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:36:46 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/06/04/sony-ericsson-getjar-jump-starting-an-app-store/#comment-95 [...] First, GetJar’s CEO sees the market for mobile applications becoming – get this – as big as the Internet (woah!). He then said also that it would peak at about 10m apps (in total?) by 2020. Hmm. GetJar then went on to warn that the number of developers would drop "drastically" and that only about 10% would be able to survive. The others would take their skills elsewhere. So where then? To the web? (This is of course interesting also because GetJar will deliver Sony Ericsson’s App Store…). [...] [...] First, GetJar’s CEO sees the market for mobile applications becoming – get this – as big as the Internet (woah!). He then said also that it would peak at about 10m apps (in total?) by 2020. Hmm. GetJar then went on to warn that the number of developers would drop "drastically" and that only about 10% would be able to survive. The others would take their skills elsewhere. So where then? To the web? (This is of course interesting also because GetJar will deliver Sony Ericsson’s App Store…). [...]

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