Now we need your vote:
Vote for Serving Sizer Recipe Cards for Best Cooking App
Voting thru January 25.
-----------------------------------
2010 Winner!
Serving Sizer Pro
Recipe Cards for iPad
in Parenting category
Thank you!
We Can Always Go Back to the Old Way of Distributing Software
Earning a Living as an Independent Mobile Software Developer
Perception is Reality. Why Palm OS software sales have plummeted in 2008
Exploring the Fragmentation of Mobile Software Platforms
Marketing
The ESD Equation - Marketing Mobile Software – Part I, Distribution (Place)
Finding the Right Price - Marketing Mobile Software – Part II, Price
The Power of Promotion – Marketing Mobile Software – Part III, Promotion
Design
Serving Sizer recipe converter--the Visual Design Process
Date Wheel--Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Date Calculator
Trip Boss Evolution – from Palm to iPhone, a behind-the-scenes look at the design process
Serving Sizer Recipe Cards your recipes, organized for cooking
Trip Boss travel manager
Serving Sizer Pro recipe converter and cookbook
Date Wheel date calculator
Serving Sizer recipe converter
Mobile Evolution is a look at topics related to the evolving mobile space from a perspective of a small business owner and mobile developer.
Creative Algorithms (announcements, discounts...)
Justine Pratt (President/Partner of CA)
iPhone apps:
Date Wheel
Serving Sizer
Serving Sizer Pro
Trip Boss
iPad apps:
Serving Sizer Recipe Cards
Web apps:
Date Wheel
Mobile Web Apps:
Date Wheel
Mobile Web sites:
Mobile Travel Aide - Travel Info
Palm OS apps:
Trip Boss
Date Wheel
Serving Sizer
Graphics
GIMP tutorials
Mobile Advertising Sources
AdMob
E-commerce
Mobihand's Shopping Cart
Application Development
Web apps:
Google WebToolkit (GWT)
Native Mobile Platforms:
iPhone
Android
Blackberry
Symbian
Windows Phone
Palm webOS
Recommended Linux Business Applications
Kubuntu Linux
GIMP
OpenProj
OpenOffice
Firefox
Thunderbird
Quanta Plus
Drupal
SQL Ledger
Great history lesson...
I didn't start developing mobile software until the iPhone came out, and even then didn't get on the bandwagon until early this year. So I'm not personally aware of the early days of mobile development and product distribution. The history lesson was enlightening.
I've always had the mindset that it's Apple's App Store and they can run it as they see fit. But more importantly, regardless of the hassles of having to use the App Store it provides way more benefits than hindrances - at least for me. I can’t imagine what it would cost me to setup and then maintain an ecommerce system that guaranteed a secure payment and delivery system. The hosting and equipment costs alone could be thousands of dollars. On top of that I'm not a network/systems engineer so I'd more than likely at some point have to hire a contractor to fix something that broke. Because of the App Store I don’t have to worry about any of those things, which means that I have more time to focus on developing and marketing my products.