Comments on: App Store numbers are deceptive – beware of “bulk apps” RIM

By: Expect more web apps as RIM launches BlackBerry Widget SDK | Blackberry Software

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:33:39 +0000

[...] While this SDK will allow developers to easily create web applications, one has to wonder if the apps that will be created will be of the same caliber that you currently see on App World. Apple’s App Store is plagued with what are called “bulk apps,” which are basically… [...]

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Expect more web apps as RIM launches BlackBerry Widget SDK at SmartPhoneCool.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:02:07 +0000

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By: Smartphone research comparing iPhone and BlackBerry often flawed | BBERRYNEWS

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:58:57 +0000

[...] it comes to downloading third party apps, this study failed to recognize that bulk apps, shouldn’t be recognized as multiple application…. They are essentially the same app, templated and replicated by changing a few small pieces of [...]

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By: CrackBaby®

CrackBaby® — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:38:08 +0000

Despite the name, appworld isn’t available to to the world.
Can anyone who happens to live in a country where it works, see if there is an app available for the storm that works as a drum sequencer?

I know there are loads for the iphone, but all I could find for BB was a program called vibe, and its not realy storm-compatible.

Sorry for being off-topic.

Cheerio

By: Josh Schairbaum

Josh Schairbaum — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:27:07 +0000

If I were RIM, I’d be a lot less worried about what’s in the iPhone App Store and a lot more worried about making App World the definitive source for applications on a Blackberry. I find almost all of what I need OTA elsewhere.

By: yudzz88 (Prayudi Utomo)

yudzz88 (Prayudi Utomo) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:45:42 +0000

RT @BlackBerryCool: App Store numbers are deceptive – beware of ?bulk apps? RIM http://bit.ly/39uOJ

By: BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Cool)

BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Cool) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:28:22 +0000

App Store numbers are deceptive – beware of ?bulk apps? RIM http://bit.ly/39uOJ

By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:21:42 +0000

Ok, but even being “hard” isn’t going to help RIM here. “Hard” is only for the first one! After that they have a “template” that they can then use to pump out hundreds more just like App Store is seeing. The disincentive of a $2.99 minimum price WILL help minimize such proliferation though despite those who poo-poo that.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:18 +0000

Agreeing with you, Andrew. The fact that the AppStore has 50k apps actually bothers me. How can a developer get anywhere in that environment.

A friend and I plan on doing a podcast soon, and we will probably argue about this a lot. He’s a huge iPhone geek, and I’m a BlackBerry geek. We both develop for our respective platforms and always have these arguments.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:02:57 +0000

Good Analogy, , besides the fact, 40 plus thousand apps…I find it hard to find a good app with just having to browse 2000 in app world.

the one thing I would like to see brought to App World that iphone has ..is its processing rules for letting apps in…the big issue for me..apps that don’t run as well as they should on the platform….this causes great distress to buy an app to see it caused memory issues and so forth…there need to be more stringent regs in place for submissions.

thanks
andrew