Apple and Blackberry are competing for market share and the new entrants are Android, Win Mobile 7, Palm Pre 2, Meego (I dnt consider Symbian a smart phone os though they claim it is). Recently Android has overtaken RIM.
The biggest strength for any Mobile platforms are Applications in their App stores. where Apple is king of the jungle. If app stores are biggest strength so are the app developers.
I was looking into and was trying to spend considerable amount of time understanding the mobile framework, but before I dig deep. I wanted to do a check if they are really benefitial. I found a big issue which scarred me away from spending time on it.
More than 50% of apps built for mobile applications are neither downloaded nor considered useful. among the rest of 50% some 25% applications are free. so the probability for someone paying to use the app i developed is very less.
I assume (based on my creativity and capability to build a Mobile app) can't charge more than 2$ per download.
If i get 100 downloads per month for max of 8 months I will earn 100*8*2=1600$ in 8 months? I dnt know how long that will continue. Also i need to target a particular mobile platform and platform OS version. I feel the strength going forward will be in the web applications even in mobile space. Web will continue to rule the connected systems.
If some one has a point to prove me wrong will be helpful. I just wanted to know from actual app developers is this the market situation? or there is lot of scope for earning potential. Nee d your inputs and comments
Thanks in Advance
DISCLAIMER. The views expressed in this presentation are the views of my own. There is no adequate research supporting this presentation has been done. It's upon the reader decision.
