Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Alex Sikora
I know I would. And that’s exactly what Steve Demeter has done with the iPhone App Store. Demeter is the developer of the game Trism, a popular puzzle game for the iPhone that he developed as a side project. He sold it for $4.99 and has made $250,000, after Apple’s 30% cut and his initial investment. Needless to say, he’s very happy with the App Store model. To read more, click the link below.
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• Silicon Alley Insider: iPhone Developer: I Just Made $250k From App Store In Two Months
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Alex Sikora
Tracking the number of reviews written for each iPhone application sold in the iTunes App store won’t tell you how many times that application has been purchased and downloaded. It won’t reveal that apps’ volume writes Medialet’s David Hill. But Hill contends tracking the number of reviews users give apps will give you a sense of each app’s “relative volume” — the app’s approximate share of of the App stores’ overall volume.
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• Valleywag.com: Which iPhone apps make the most money?
Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Alex Sikora
Forbes.com has an article discussing the iPhone’s effect on mobile gaming with the release of the new App Store in version 2.0. It overviews the iPhone and the new 2.0 software, discussing it’s abilities as a gaming platform. Developers are viewing the iPhone as a great change in the mobile gaming platform, as it’s high resolution screen allows for better graphics, and the multi-touch and accelerometer allow for new unique controls.
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• Forbes.com: Gaming the iPhone
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Alex Sikora
Today, Apple released the 8th version of their iPhone SDK, bringing it even closer to the final release expected July 11th. To download it, register for free to become an iPhone Developer at Apple’s iPhone Developer page, and download the Beta SDK. Furthermore, Apple has sent out an email to developers to notify them that they are now accepting submissions to the App Store.
Get started by downloading the eighth beta version of the iPhone OS, available in the iPhone Dev Center. With this new version of iPhone OS you can conduct final testing and prepare your application for submission to the App Store.