Comments on: A Review of App World in 2010 Shows Little Actual App Growth

By: Rumor: RIM’s PlayBook to Use Dalvik VM to Run Android Apps | BlackBerry Cool

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:35:48 +0000

[...] App Store numbers are discussed in the mainstream media, they rarely point out the fact that a large percentage of these apps constitute eBooks, template apps, and in the case of Android: Comic…. Almost every single app worth downloading is already available across multiple platforms, so one [...]

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:38:00 +0000

This is especially true in the themes market. Theme developers will now submit a theme even if they see it only making a few bucks. Maybe RIM should have waived the fee only for specific types of apps. Either that, or RIM has to drastically improve search to filter all the noise.

By: Eric at Ebscer

Eric at Ebscer — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:33:00 +0000

One of the advantages of RIM no longer charging $20 per app submission. Those few dollars were enough to keep a lot of this junk out…

By: Oneshortsleeve

Oneshortsleeve — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:46:00 +0000

RIM has turned their attention to the QNX software. I don’t know too many software companies willing to dedicate the time and effort to write software for an obsolete OS. This is exactly why I had to say bye to my BB. Any software advancement will be slim-to-none over the next year until QNX is fully developed.

By: Kylem1992

Kylem1992 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Hard for people to make money on apps when Blackbery app world can’t fix the issue many have with the inability to purchase apps. (Error ID: 10000)