Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Chipp Walters
Jacque, I'm not making all this up: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1617184.php/Investor-demand-for-Apple-succession-plan-gains-key-ally

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 18 févr. 2011 à 23:55, Chipp Walters a écrit : > The most interesting point, IMO, is the one Richard alludes to. Most people > don't know this, but it's simple to create a website, which runs in iOS > Safari, and has a button, PUT THIS WEB APP ON MY IPAD. Pressing the button > allows a user

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 18 févr. 2011 à 19:27, Richard Gaskin a écrit : > Agreed, though the major issue here is with content publishers more than > developers, and publishers have another option available that can make far > more money for them: the web = iOS + the entire rest of the world. > > Rather than spend

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 18 févr. 2011 à 19:03, Andre Garzia a écrit : > and android draws my interests > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: > >> And then there's this new news today... >> >> >> http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-draws-interest-of-antitrust-regulators/

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
You really think she changed her mind about staying sober? Bob On Feb 18, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: > Seems like Apple changes their mind on licensing about as often as Lindsay > Lohan changes hers on staying sober. And both wonder why people make such a > big deal. :-) ___

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Björnke von Gierke
This is just last spring all over again... ah the memories :) On 19 Feb 2011, at 00:07, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/18/11 4:55 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: >> >> If that comes to pass, Apple will continue to look like a controlling >> big brother company-- which at some point will take it's toll. >

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/18/11 4:55 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: If that comes to pass, Apple will continue to look like a controlling big brother company-- which at some point will take it's toll. Probably soon after Jobs leaves us, as the rumors are the company doesn't have much of a succession plan. I've read they

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Chipp Walters
The most interesting point, IMO, is the one Richard alludes to. Most people don't know this, but it's simple to create a website, which runs in iOS Safari, and has a button, PUT THIS WEB APP ON MY IPAD. Pressing the button allows a user to place the web app, including glossy icon, directly on th

RE: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> I think if Apple maintains it's position they are going to > alienate the major developers. That's true, but Apple has not only built up their own software portfolio to cover key areas for them, they can be assured that at least some vendor will offer something. The more I think about it, the

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: > I think if Apple maintains it's position they are going to alienate > the major developers. Agreed, though the major issue here is with content publishers more than developers, and publishers have another option available that can make far more money for them: the web = i

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Peter Haworth
I didn't realise that Apple were forbidding people to even have a link in an app to purchase content outside the app. Crazy. Pete Haworth On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: > And then there's this new news today... > > http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-draws

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Colin Holgate
On Feb 18, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >I think if Apple maintains it's position they are going to alienate the > >major developers. Amazon are more of a publisher/distributor than a developer. Their free Kindle apps lead to sales of their books, and whether they make $10 selling di

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think if Apple maintains it's position they are going to alienate the major developers. It may be that Apple is not after the major developers anyway, and are thinking about small developers who start out selling an app on the store, hit huge success with it, and then try to market out of stor

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Andre Garzia
and android draws my interests On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: > And then there's this new news today... > > > http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-draws-interest-of-antitrust-regulators/ > > Chipp Walters > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc > > On Feb 17,

Re: Google Store...

2011-02-18 Thread Chipp Walters
And then there's this new news today... http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-draws-interest-of-antitrust-regulators/ Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc On Feb 17, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: > Apps Store versus Google ... > >> http://www.silicon.com/techn