If you missed the first part of this article here it is, Apple at 100,000 app, who are the winners. And now on to the losers…
#1 – RIM – The Makers of the BlackBerry
Well this a sad one, because the I actually thought at one time that the BlackBerry was a very nice smartphone and then the iPhone came out. It was reported yesterday that the iPhone has achieved 30% of the market share versus BlackBerry’s 40% market share. Though the iPhone still has a smaller market share, Apple has gained this market share in much less time and reports released every quarter confirm that the iPhone continues to gain huge market share.
#2 – The Windows Marketplace/Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile phones have been out for ages (six years to be exact) and the general consumer probably couldn’t even tell you that Microsoft had a phone. Well, that’s not going to get any better for Windows with BlackBerry and Palm competing to keep their market and Microsoft’s head honcho Balmer has confirmed in many times that they will not be releasing a new Windows mobile phone anytime soon, so we will wait and see how far down the Windows Mobile market share will drop until it exists no more.
#3 – The Developers
For some developers their app would be politely considered a big commercial miss. At the launch of the AppStore, it was reportedly much easier to get in the top 100 list, as there were only so many apps, now not even 11,000 sales a day canget you in the top 100. Some app sales were so unflattering that a few developers just gave up. There are other app developers that feel they put too little or too much in their app and are starting over. So it’s not great news to developers that there are even more competitors in the store. Trying to get in the top 100 list of the AppStore only means that your marketing and app are pure genius – and most likely featured somehow by Apple, whether it’s through their highly effective television campaigns, group app lists, or Staff Pick.
#4 – The iPhone Users
I know I listed the iPhone users twice, but it was for good reason. Besides wonderful websites like The iPhone Website, it will nearly be impossible to find apps as more apps are accepted into the store, especially within the AppStore itself. Once apps get in the top 25 to 100 apps in their category that’s all you are going to see for a while and it just turns into a list of apps you’ve seen before, have, hate, or just don’t want.
It’s been rumored that Apple will release a “Premium AppStore” featuring apps from developers with higher priced apps like EA Games, but before you know it that will be full as well, so only time can tell.
#5 – The “Dumb Phone”
Even my technically challenged mother asks how she can get “neat things” on her phone like the things on the iPhone , I can only laugh and know that the dumb phones are in deep trouble. What used to be sufficient enough functionality for a phone (a phone call and voicemail, lol) just is no more. Of course, as all things, today’s smartphone will soon be tommorrow’s dumb phone but in these most recent years the technology in phones has taken a big leap.
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Tags: apple, Apps, AppStore, blackberry, iPhone, losers, RIM, windows mobile
Its a phone. Its a media player. It has GPS. Its a portable games player. Surely the biggest pro is the app store – you'll never get bored with the iphone!
Its a phone. Its a media player. It has GPS. Its a portable games player. Surely the biggest pro is the app store – you'll never get bored with the iphone!