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Is this iTunes app spam or smart marketing?
Check out the utility section of the app store. Some guy created dozens of different “Call so and so” apps. They all do the same thing but have different names. Now he has the whole first page of the utilities section and half the second one.
(Here's a screenshot that I took: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-warner/3154443184/)
What do you think? Is iTunes allowing itself to be spammed? Or is this a useful set of apps that are smartly marketed?
- vaksel 18y agoNot spam, from the looks of it(disclaimer: I don't have an iPhone) what the app does is let you add a custom button to your apps for easy 1-click calling. And this way the user can have more than 1 name installed at the same time. Actually its pretty genius, since most people would be buying that app more than once.
- zackola 18y agoShift+!
- pmorici 18y agohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-warner/3154443184/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-warner/3154443184/sizes/...
- pchristensen 18y agoDefinitely App Spam.
- answerly 18y agoThe usefulness is arguable, but I wouldn't classify this as spam. Each app is slightly differentiated since its tied to a different name even though the functionality is essentially identical.
- AndrewWarner 18y agoIs this a way for app creators to get more exposure at the store? Maybe every every app should come in 50 flavors as a way of getting user attention?
- cpr 18y agohttp://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/31/call-mike-an-app-store-new-low http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/31/call-mi...