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It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by ydant »

lazerwalker wrote: post #14
larrik wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As the father of a talented 3 year old: yes it does.

If clever children are the main argument against not requiring password confirmation, it sounds like "always require password on purchase" could be a great Parental Controls toggle.

Android Market / Play solves this by letting you set a PIN that's required to make purchases (which does not include Free app installs). It seems like a good compromise.

Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by akmiller »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #18
akmiller wrote: post #16

All I want in the App Store 2.0 model (and I realize I will never get this) is the ability to submit a web application to be included in the store.

There is PhoneGap...

Yes, I've looked at PhoneGap before and it looks like a great tool. Unfortunately our needs (or our customers) involve using an existing web app but wanting the ability to find that app in the app store. Our solution has been to create small wrappers utilizing UIWebView but that is far from ideal! It appears that PhoneGap is mainly a platform for building apps using html/js, not for creating wrappers around existing web sites (but I could be wrong).

Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by kylec »

I really want Apple to move the games out of the App Store and into a separate Game Store. As someone that's frequently NOT looking for games it's hard to find good apps because so many of the top spots are taken by games.

Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by alaskamiller »

untog wrote: post #2

My personal pet hate having gone from iPhone to Android and now owning an iPod Touch: re-entering in my password all the damn time. Especially when it's a free app. Fix that and I'll be a very happy man.

That was because of this: http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/look-at-me-ir...

Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by Groxx »

My main 'wtf' moment with the app store is that you pay for something, and then you get to see if it's any good, and God help you if it's a borderline scam with no reviews yet. Yes, many developers release a 'lite/free' version and a 'normal/pro/plus/paid/hd/etc' version - these are crappy bandages for an inherent problem.

Apple: you control the OS. The store. The hardware. Would it really be so hard to offer X-day demos of the full version of a paid app? Some of them are absolute crap, but nobody has any idea until 50-some curious people buy it and rank it into oblivion, with no (practical) way to get their money back. You could do it without requiring apps to write different code, or bloat your store with multiple versions (which also break apart the ratings). Just lock / delete it after the time is up.

Re: It's time for an App Store 2.0

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Post by lucian1900 »

akmiller wrote: post #22
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is PhoneGap...

Yes, I've looked at PhoneGap before and it looks like a great tool. Unfortunately our needs (or our customers) involve using an existing web app but wanting the ability to find that app in the app store. Our solution has been to create small wrappers utilizing UIWebView but that is far from ideal! It appears that PhoneGap is mainly a platform for building apps using html/js, not for creating wrappers around existing…

It's perfectly possible to either point PhoneGap's webview to your website or load parts of it dynamically, either with XHR from JS or with native code.
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