Mobile App Monetization has been the holy grail for most app developers so far. Until last year, the monetization strategy involved selling apps in the app store or providing free apps and generating revenue through advertisements in the app. Things are beginning to change this year, according to a recent survey of developers conducted by
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Anyone endeavoring to develop a modestly successful mobile application has some tough decisions to make before even writing a single line of code. From platform to pricing model to functionality to distribution to marketing. In this series of blog posts we will explore the various factors that we need to consider in order to develop
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Recently I came across a blog post by Phillipe Winthrop discussing whether carriers can make inroads in the Enterprise Mobility market using consumer-centric devices like iPhone and Android-based devices. This got me thinking about what are some of the things that are needed for enterprises to adopt these consumer-centric devices. This is first in a series of
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Wall Street Journal, yesterday, reported that Dell is set to enter the smartphone market (subscription required). Dell has been making prototypes based on Android and Windows Mobile platforms for more than a year. The plans are still up in the air and Dell could decide not to enter the market after all. If it does go
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AT&T has been riding the iPhone craze to becoming a leader in the telecom space. However, that exclusivity will not last forever. So, they are looking ahead and trying to be pro-active about their future success. The iPhone development was unprecedented in that the phone was made without AT&T input. They were luckly in that
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That’s right browser wars are coming. Only this time, they are coming to a mobile phone near you. So far we have Microsoft Mobile IE, Apple’s Safari, Opera, Google’s Chrome and the Blackberry’s proprietary browser. Add to that mix the recently announced and currently undergoing alpha testing, Fennec, the mobile browser from Mozilla, the maker of
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Yesterday, AT&T announced some stellar performance numbers for the 3rd quarter 2008 led by growth in Apple’s iPhone 3G products. AT&T activiated 2.4 million iPhones during the quarter and their wireless data revenue grew to $2.7 billion. More recently, Apple also announced a great quarter with record sales of 6.9 million iPhones during the quarter. However,
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Now that 1 million iPhone 3G (er, iBrick ) are out in the wild, is Apple laughing to the bank? Certainly, but it is not the reason for that. According to TechCrunch estimate, Apple might have raked in $5 million over the weekend since iPhone was released. Apple has not revealed any numbers. These are
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With Nokia looking to acquire the rest of Symbian that it does not own, and Google readying Android, the Platform Wars are about to begin. So, who will win the Platform War? It is a way early to predict the winners and losers of this war. However, the battlefield has been defined. With Symbian on
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With the much ballyhooed announcement of iPhone 3G at $199 starting price, it is going to sell fast like its previous version, when it is released on July 11. However, should businesses care about iPhone? After all, iPhone still accounts for only 6 million of 3billion+ phones worldwide. With its Exchange support, MS Word, Excel &
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Dilip Dand is the principal at DvDand Solutions.He has deep expertise and extensive experience in helping global brands design, develop and deliver cost-effective yet scalable mobile solution to meet their business objectives.
