As reported previously, turn by turn navigation apps are allowed since the release of iPhone OS 3.0. In our previous post, we outlined the rankings of these apps in the different countries. Since most of these apps compete for the US market, we analyzed the rankings of these apps in the US: The first two [...]
Since a couple of months, we have been tracking applications on Getjar. There is a nice battle going on for the top positions in their store. These positions are important for developers, because the higher your app, the more visibility you get among Getjar users on both the website and the mobile version. Recently, the mobile [...]
Windows Marketplace will be launched at the end of this year, when Windows Mobile 6.5 becomes available. Microsoft now announced that at launch, there will be 600 different applications available: For the launch of MarketPlace, 600 applications will be certified and available. It will be possible to retrieve the software from the search engine. Only [...]
The Nokia Ovi Store is now live for one month. In this month, more content was added to the store, more countries got access and the store now offers operator billing for 27 operators. So what content is available now? A comparison of what was there at launch and what is available today in Ovi [...]
Almost a week has passed since the release of the iPhone 3.0 software, allowing developers to use turn-by-turn navigation. Since then, a few of such apps have been released: Gokivo + Yahoo! Local Search MobileNavigator Europe Mobile Maps Australia & New Zealand – Turn-by-Turn Voice Guided GPS Navigation Mobile Maps Asia – South-East – Turn-by-Turn [...]
Currently, the prices for paid applications in the Apple App Store are highly fluctuating. Developers seem to be in search for the best pricepoint for their application and experiment to find out what works best. The content in the Apple App Store is also very country specific. We made an overview of the total price of [...]
The first navigation app was released by NAVIGON AG, MobileNavigator Europe (iTunes link here). We gathered some interesting stats about the app from the data we collect. The app has been doing great since its release, especially when we take into account its high price compared to other apps (€74,99). Most interestingly, although the maps [...]
We are at the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference in Barcelona. Distimo was one of the presenting startups for their launch pad. On stage, we just launched Distimo Monitor in beta! What is Distimo Monitor? Distimo Monitor is one central place to monitor your apps in all app stores. Access all your app statistics from all [...]
The iPhone 3.0 software has been made available, with a lot of new features for Apple’s handset. There has been a lot of attention for all these features, but for developers, the in-app purchase and subscription mechanisms may be most significant. The in-app purchase mechanism enables developers to charge for seperate features of the app; [...]
Both manufacturers and mobile operators are looking for ways to improve the way they offer mobile applications to their customers. But not everyone wants to develop a complete store himself and step in the game of getting the most interesting content. For those parties, Getjar seems to be getting a popular choice. After announcing partnerships [...]