Posted on March 22, 2011, at 9:43 AM .
We’ve been talking about Mobihand’s AppVerse for some time now and the system has been rolled out to BlackBerryCool’s store. AppVerse allows you to share and discover apps through your social graph as well as build your online app profile.
The system still seems like it’s in Beta even though it’s fully funcitonal. While the concept is great, we’d like to see improvements with some site functionality such as making profile pictures easier to upload (they cut off and don’t specify sizes), allowing you to set specific Twitter sharing options (also not limited to 140), and a better way to connect with friends (eg Twitter).
Continue reading ‘AppVerse Social App Sharing Available in BlackBerryCool Store’
Posted on January 7, 2011, at 12:09 PM .
Mobihand is currently beta testing a new social network that lets people discover their mobile app discoveries called AppVerse. Mobihand has an enormous catalog of apps and accounts of users who purchased apps, and AppVerse adds a social layer to the app discovery process.
This is Mobihand’s second shot at socializing the app discovery process. We wrote about their first attempt, a partnership with Blippy, which lets you connect your Mobihand account and share app discoveries with your friends. AppVerse keeps the process in-house and lets you follow, review and rate your own favorite apps, track expert app reviews, and ask questions about apps that catch your eye. For developers, AppVerse lets you interact with users who buy, rate, and review your products – creating an ongoing, two-way dialog.
To try out AppVerse, head over to this link and give it a try.
Posted on October 22, 2010, at 11:54 AM .
A little while back I wrote an article about App World vs Mobihand and their respective developer portals and John from S4BB pointed out a cool site worth mentioning. One of the biggest issues with both vendor portals is that when you’re trying to figure out how well your app is doing, you have to download CSV files and work through them to figure out what’s going on. Both vendor portals need to realize that humans work best with visualizations of data and should provide charts and graphs as per the vendor’s request.
Continue reading ‘AppWorldReport.com Gives Developers More Insight for App World Apps’
Posted on October 14, 2010, at 8:29 PM .
Developers have a few options when selling their applications. A developer could choose to sell in App World, Mobihand, Bplay, carrier portals (AT&T App Center, Verizon V-Cast, etc) or they may choose to sell directly to the customer via their own website. In this article, I’ll compare App World and Mobihand with respect to what they offer developers in terms of services to help them sell their applications. Hit the jump for the full review.
Continue reading ‘Comparing Mobihand and App World Vendor Portals: What’s Best for the Developer?’
Posted on August 31, 2010, at 11:59 AM .
An app recently appeared in the BlackBerryCool store that is going off the success of the I Am Rich application for iPhone which was subsequently pulled from the App Store. The I Am Rich app for BlackBerry is just as ridiculous and seems to just put a couple of gold bars as your wallpaper along with an icon on the homescreen.
Continue reading ‘Seriously? $1000 “I Am Rich” App Hits Mobihand App Store’
Posted on June 10, 2010, at 4:58 PM .
Through a partnership with Blippy, a social-commerce site, the BlackBerryCool Store now lets you share apps with your friends using secure a OAuth system. You can now connect your BBCool store account with Blippy, and let your friends know of any cool deals you’ve found. No other personal information other than the app you purchased, with its name and price, is shared. This service is totally optional but if you have a lot of BlackBerry friends, they’ll surely appreciate the heads-up on some cool deals or apps.
More information about the new Blippy service for the BlackBerryCool Store here.
