http://www.embracingchaos.com/2008/08/app-store-downm.html Analysis of Trends in Technology, Business, Society Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.embracingchaos.com/2008/08/app-store-downm.html/comment-page-1#comment-1140 Embracing Chaos » Blog Archive » How Apple Segments the Market - Leo Parker Dirac on Business and Technology Trends Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:04:09 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2008/08/app-store-downm.html#comment-1140 [...] afford because they felt they really need that functionality.  I had previously speculated that Apple’s platform play required a very large distribution base to attract developers, which is not quite correct.  The [...] [...] afford because they felt they really need that functionality.  I had previously speculated that Apple’s platform play required a very large distribution base to attract developers, which is not quite correct.  The [...]

]]> http://www.embracingchaos.com/2008/08/app-store-downm.html/comment-page-1#comment-236 Big Red Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:45:16 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2008/08/app-store-downm.html#comment-236 <p>Sadly, given the fragmentation of the mobile device market, even web apps don't do too well either, regardless of the browser. Flash apps actually provide a superior user experience on those devices that have the resources to support it, but even then native apps still make better use of the available resources. Apple's brilliance is in its narrowness, to avoid the multitude of problems that currently plague mobile devices.</p> Sadly, given the fragmentation of the mobile device market, even web apps don't do too well either, regardless of the browser. Flash apps actually provide a superior user experience on those devices that have the resources to support it, but even then native apps still make better use of the available resources. Apple's brilliance is in its narrowness, to avoid the multitude of problems that currently plague mobile devices.

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