No FileMaker?
No FileMaker for iPad, even in the runners-up??? Makes me wonder how many Apps the author has actually seen.
As competitors to Apple's "magical and revolutionary" iPad begin to appear, expect Jobs & Co. to argue that a key advantage of their tablet over the Samsung Galaxy Tab, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, et al. is the vast collection of iPad apps available in the iOS App Store. Well, yes and no. There are, indeed, some fine apps …
It probably took only 5 minutes to create (say) the red card app. If it gets reviewed by a dozen different magazines, that's a fairly good hourly rate for its creator. The economics are similar to those for spam. I wonder how many "app-spammers" there are out there? Should we pity them? Or pity those who fall for it?
There were tablets before and after the Apple tablet came along - we should be asking whether the Ipad can compete with the range of tablets now available, not the other way round. However the article makes a good point - it's not about quantity - who cares if the Ipad has thousands of fart apps? Some of the more prominent apps do nothing more than display a graphic ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8152338.stm ). And claims of numbers of apps are misleading anyway, since they only count the official app stores. Other platforms like Symbian, Windows, Android, Blackberry etc aren't locked down like Apple, so the total number of apps would be far greater. Would anyone suggest that the Ipad has more than Windows, because Microsoft don't have an app store?
I must confess, when I first read this, I missed the irony of "magical and revolutionary" and didn't realise it was a quote from Apple. The sad thing is it's hard to tell irony from some of the astroturfing that goes on by much of the media.
I can see how it's pretty much impossible to count the apps available for devices that are not locked to an official app store, but I don't see how that leads directly to there being more of them.
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I would suggest that Windows probably has more apps because it's been around for 20+ years and is installed on something like 90% of all desktop computers.
I'd also say that it is *probable* that Android will have more apps than iOS, if it doesn't already, because it's likely to become a dominant platform in the mobile space - which will tend to take you down the same path. Proving it will likely be a great deal more difficult, though.
For sufficiently small values of genius, perhaps.
If I hadn't seen the title there's no way I'd have guessed that was supposed to be bacon. The "bacon" graphics are so poor they look like red and white stripey things. Could be so much better.
The concept isn't bad. Take a theme, knock up some graphics and spam the app store. Bacon clock, fish clock, chocolate straw clock, etc. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination for stick like things to make the numbers out of. All at 99c of course...
"I still await a confirmation of acceptance for my submissions to the Apple App Store. "Erect Penis Metronome" and "It'sTotallyMilkYou'reShootingAtThemCam" are intended to be a cornerstone of my business and need to be accepted forthwith!
I'll never use this icon again, but Thank You Jobs for keeping this sort of thing away!
that isn't available on Android then? Office Apps, graphics apps- they're all there.
Actually, I'm not sure about the remote monitor thing. But it's definitely been around on Windows Mobile for a good few years.
I'm still waiting to see what the iPad can do that nothing else can. "Magical" and "Revolutionary" are big claims that I'm pretty sure the ASA wouldn't agree with...
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...about the stupid apps is that there ARE people out there who are stupid and common enough to like them, so utterly helpless that its a real laugh for them and their likeminded mates. Chavvy teenagers, I point at you. Which is why the stupid apps make quite a lot of money for their lazy assed developers.
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Apple should have a tat cleanout, as its becoming difficult by the second to find the good stuff amongst the shit, I only learn about the decent apps via site articles like this one.
"Find Your Fanny - cartoon-butt collection (99¢) "
I'd like to point out that Americans and Brits have a different idea as to what constitutes a fanny as i can see a lot of disappointed people on this side of the pond accidentally downloading this app.
Americans - Rear bum
Brits - Front bum
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It seem that every man and his dog is jumping on the apple app bandwagon these days in an attempt to make money and/or fame for producing the next best thing. A lot of the time it's hard to believe that apple even review and approve some of the apps that make it onto the store given some of the awful creations I have had the pleasure of downloading.