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It is abysmal but isn't it a bit early in the game to call Android out? Multiple companies are involved in getting these things out and it takes longer to set

by jamesk2 17y ago

It is abysmal but isn't it a bit early in the game to call Android out? Multiple companies are involved in getting these things out and it takes longer to set up than having one company control everything. There's a lot of marketing dollars at work with android and the network effects of the users will ramp up. The first generation of androids were ugly and inelegant compared to the iphone but the next gen looks better thought out and prettier inside and out. Like Wayne Gretsky said, "Skate to where the puck will be"

colinplamondon 17y ago
It's a matter of prioritization- with numbers like that, we'll prioritize to being on every other platform before we go to Android.
- jamesk2 17y ago
  With 65k apps in the apple app store, it's going to be pretty hard to get any attention for your iphone app. Launching a cool app on Android first will get you a lot of press. There's just less competition there. There are tons of well read bloggers and journalists who would be very interested in your Android App and the people marketing the phones would probably feature it in their ads like apple did with the "There's an app for that" ads. That's how marketers think. "It worked for Apple, so we'll do it too." Going to the iphone first will probably take two weeks to a month to get approved while the Android version can update faster with less hassle. You get to iterate faster and get feedback on the latest results. A faster feedback loop is essential to iteration and improvement. After you get some attention, then you can make an iphone version and if you're a top 5 Android app, that's a good reason for people to take a look. In the history of software, I'd say look at Microsoft Excel. It launched on Mac which had some crazy new features like a GUI. It quickly became the top spreadsheet on the mac (there was little competition). Launched on Windows a couple years later and went on to dominate the category.
jacoblyles 17y ago
Don't forget "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush". At those conversion ratios, it goes without saying that a thousand birds in hand is worth a whole lot more than one in the bush.
ubernostrum 17y ago
Like Wayne Gretsky said, "Skate to where the puck will be" Of course, the flip side (as a lifelong Cubs fan) is that Android developers may be eternally chanting "wait 'til next year". It seems like the big moment for Android is always just around the corner, but never actually arrives.

by jamesk2 17y ago

colinplamondon 17y ago

It's a matter of prioritization- with numbers like that, we'll prioritize to being on every other platform before we go to Android.

jamesk2 17y ago
With 65k apps in the apple app store, it's going to be pretty hard to get any attention for your iphone app. Launching a cool app on Android first will get you a lot of press. There's just less competition there. There are tons of well read bloggers and journalists who would be very interested in your Android App and the people marketing the phones would probably feature it in their ads like apple did with the "There's an app for that" ads. That's how marketers think. "It worked for Apple, so we'll do it too." Going to the iphone first will probably take two weeks to a month to get approved while the Android version can update faster with less hassle. You get to iterate faster and get feedback on the latest results. A faster feedback loop is essential to iteration and improvement. After you get some attention, then you can make an iphone version and if you're a top 5 Android app, that's a good reason for people to take a look. In the history of software, I'd say look at Microsoft Excel. It launched on Mac which had some crazy new features like a GUI. It quickly became the top spreadsheet on the mac (there was little competition). Launched on Windows a couple years later and went on to dominate the category.

jacoblyles 17y ago

Don't forget "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush". At those conversion ratios, it goes without saying that a thousand birds in hand is worth a whole lot more than one in the bush.

ubernostrum 17y ago

Like Wayne Gretsky said, "Skate to where the puck will be" Of course, the flip side (as a lifelong Cubs fan) is that Android developers may be eternally chanting "wait 'til next year". It seems like the big moment for Android is always just around the corner, but never actually arrives.