karel apple om 19:04, 6-03-2008En ik snap er niets van dat het aandeel tijdens deze presentatie verder gezakt is.....
joram om 10:05, 7-03-2008Dank je Qua downloaden zal 't wel vlot gaan hoor... heb een behoorlijk rappe verbinding Of is 't echt enórm druk met al die dv's?
There is no option to circumvent the App Store. A developer cannot, say, make their iPhone app available for download over the web, and have users copy it over to their iPhone through iTunes by hand. The App Store does allow for free apps, with all hosting costs covered by Apple. But, I suspect, developers wont be allowed to deliver a free app through the App Store which requires a registration or license through the developers own web store.My question, though, is how will this be enforced technically? If developers can install on their iPhones the apps theyre working on, what will stop users from doing the same? Im guessing its tied to digital certificates, but thats just a guess. There must be something, though.The reasons developers are willing to accept a 70/30 split are simple: convenience and exposure. Apps sold via the iPhone App Store will be far easier to register and install than apps are for the Mac. Once youve registered for an iTunes Store account, your credentials are saved. No credit card numbers to type in, no emails to wait for containing serial numbers. It looks as easy to buy these apps as it is to buy songs. And the exposure of getting listed in a store thats available to every iPhone user in the world is tremendous. Its like Apples Software Downloads web site, but with one-click Buy buttons.The $99 fee for getting your app listed in the store is a no-brainer. A bummer, perhaps, for the student set, but I suspect its intended as a bozo filter to keep the process from being inundated with glorified do-little Hello World apps. (Im almost certain even freeware apps require the $99 listing fee although that fee is per-developer, not per-app.)In short, what developers lose per-transaction from Apples 30 percent take, they can more than make up for in volume. This is going to be a gold rush.