"On a side note, the whole iOS explosion is going to tail off, there are only so many people that buy apps, and it is not a majority that push that market."
Last admob stats survey says 50% of iOS users bought at least 1 paid app a month.
"No, they are regular people that would have got a feature phone but jumped into the Android platform."
And, those people won't buy a 99 cent game or utility app? Somehow I doubt that. I think if anything, it's a psychological barrier that prevents them.
Back in 1996, we didn't trust the web. We heard these crazy stories about hackers being able to blow up your monitor by just sending you a file, and some having their whole identity completely wiped out like in "The Net" with Sandra Bullock. As such, ecommerce wasn't really that big in those days. Fast forward to today, where Amazon is galactically large and people only go to the store to physically touch a product before buying it on Amazon or Zappos or Newegg.
The same is going to happen to smartphones and app stores. Once google checkout is seamless enough to purchase as easily as the App store, you can possibly see 50% of Android users purchasing an app a month. And, no matter how you slice it, 50% in this space is a BIG number.
Last admob stats survey says 50% of iOS users bought at least 1 paid app a month.
"No, they are regular people that would have got a feature phone but jumped into the Android platform."
And, those people won't buy a 99 cent game or utility app? Somehow I doubt that. I think if anything, it's a psychological barrier that prevents them.
Back in 1996, we didn't trust the web. We heard these crazy stories about hackers being able to blow up your monitor by just sending you a file, and some having their whole identity completely wiped out like in "The Net" with Sandra Bullock. As such, ecommerce wasn't really that big in those days. Fast forward to today, where Amazon is galactically large and people only go to the store to physically touch a product before buying it on Amazon or Zappos or Newegg.
The same is going to happen to smartphones and app stores. Once google checkout is seamless enough to purchase as easily as the App store, you can possibly see 50% of Android users purchasing an app a month. And, no matter how you slice it, 50% in this space is a BIG number.