After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that “they are all fart apps and tip calculators” (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it’s only the beginning.
I'd be happy to run more than one app at a time- even if it's the fart and the iBeer app.
I only use 10 apps, so from that perspective I guess that means 99.9999% are worthless. Good thing it?s not based on one person?s usage. One man?s junk is another man?s jewel.
After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that ?they are all fart apps and tip calculators? (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it?s only the beginning.
I can gift you the 'track your poop'" or "kissing booth" app for Christmas. Or the ever fav "Pour1out" apps where you can simulate dumping out a 40oz.
I saw a security guard for a garage in boston walking around with an ipod touch which was getting a live video feed from all the cameras in the garage. He could view them all at once on a single screen, tap on one to view the live feed, then actually move the camera by dragging the screen.
It. was. the COOLEST!
I acted a little gay for it, asking him to show me. He says everyone gets a kick out of it.
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Originally Posted by Quadra 610
"Top Paid", "Top Free", "Top Grossing", for each category. Use the filters. If it's a "Top" app in that category, that's your first clue that it's worth looking into.
Undeniable logic ladies and gentlemen. Quadra is a true genius
After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that ?they are all fart apps and tip calculators? (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it?s only the beginning.
Exactly. Could you imagine someone walking into a Grocery store and complaining about all the goods they aren't going to buy? "This store is nice, but there is too much to choose from. I only like 1% of the stuff in here."
Exactly. Could you imagine someone walking into a Grocery store and complaining about all the goods they aren't going to buy? "This store is nice, but there is too much to choose from. I only like 1% of the stuff in here."
- People are strange.
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
"Top Paid", "Top Free", "Top Grossing", for each category. Use the filters. If it's a "Top" app in that category, that's your first clue that it's worth looking into.
Now, if only they would introduce a "Top Rated", especially combined with (keyword) search, that would be really useful. The current "Top ..." categories are useful for identifying stuff that may be generally useful, but when what you are looking for doesn't make the "Top ..." lists, it can be hard to wade through stuff, and the "Genius" feature isn't very useful at all, to me, at least.
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
Yes, its that darn toilet paper I have to dig through to find the Turkey, and stupid bouncy balls getting mixed in with the coco-puffs... it makes it hard to chew.
I've got 8 apps on mine, although have tried out plenty more. Checking train times and the tube map on the phone has saved my bacon more than once... and it makes life easier. Look forward to trying out some of the augmented reality apps should my next phone be the 3GS.
Garbage or not, 100,000 is plenty to choose from with apps useful for just about anything. Well, except finding the right apps!
I'm not arguing anything- I'm just stating a fact.
"Probably 10%", a figure you pulled out of your ass, if a "fact"?
On this thread we've seen "1% useful", "85% worthless", and "probably 10% real" (whatever that means).
The "fact" is, no one throwing these figures around have the faintest idea what percentage of the apps in the app store are "useful", or even by what metric useful would be defined.
Sure, there are a lot of silly or trivial apps. That's true for every platform. It's certainly true for PCs, where once upon a time having a shitload of apps was considered a big competitive advantage over the Mac.
At any rate, pick whatever percentage good/bad you want. As the absolute number of apps increase, the number of good apps increase. At some point, it doesn't matter how many are of no interest to one particular buyer, when even a small percentage of the available apps outnumber the entire catalog on any other platform.
The FACT is, that the App Store is a huge hit, that the whole idea as implemented by Apple is sheer genius, and everyone else is scrambling to try to copy something they know they should have implemented properly years ago.
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After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that “they are all fart apps and tip calculators” (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it’s only the beginning.
I'd be happy to run more than one app at a time- even if it's the fart and the iBeer app.
But unlike Walmart, in the App store, you don't have to 'mingle' with the 'great unwashed!'
But like Walmart, they are censored.
I only use 10 apps, so from that perspective I guess that means 99.9999% are worthless. Good thing it?s not based on one person?s usage. One man?s junk is another man?s jewel.
After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that ?they are all fart apps and tip calculators? (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it?s only the beginning.
I can gift you the 'track your poop'" or "kissing booth" app for Christmas. Or the ever fav "Pour1out" apps where you can simulate dumping out a 40oz.
It. was. the COOLEST!
I acted a little gay for it, asking him to show me. He says everyone gets a kick out of it.
"Top Paid", "Top Free", "Top Grossing", for each category. Use the filters. If it's a "Top" app in that category, that's your first clue that it's worth looking into.
Undeniable logic ladies and gentlemen. Quadra is a true genius
I'd be happy to run more than one app at a time- even if it's the fart and the iBeer app.
If you have the iBeer app you really need to compliment it with the Pour1out app.
After all these years an Apple product has an excessive offering and all we hear are complaints that ?they are all fart apps and tip calculators? (paraphrasing one of the resident trolls here). You;d think people would be happy to have such a variety of versatile apps, and it?s only the beginning.
Exactly. Could you imagine someone walking into a Grocery store and complaining about all the goods they aren't going to buy? "This store is nice, but there is too much to choose from. I only like 1% of the stuff in here."
- People are strange.
with about 1% being of any use
Doesn't matter if it's an app like I described above or an app that just makes a fart noise with a button, they are saying there are 100,000 apps now.
It's actually a little telling of how overwhelming the app store can be and how competitive it's gotten.
I thought this image was funny:
There's actually magazines dedicating a lot of content towards these apps.
Exactly. Could you imagine someone walking into a Grocery store and complaining about all the goods they aren't going to buy? "This store is nice, but there is too much to choose from. I only like 1% of the stuff in here."
- People are strange.
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
lol...
"Top Paid", "Top Free", "Top Grossing", for each category. Use the filters. If it's a "Top" app in that category, that's your first clue that it's worth looking into.
Now, if only they would introduce a "Top Rated", especially combined with (keyword) search, that would be really useful. The current "Top ..." categories are useful for identifying stuff that may be generally useful, but when what you are looking for doesn't make the "Top ..." lists, it can be hard to wade through stuff, and the "Genius" feature isn't very useful at all, to me, at least.
Actually in your analogy, it might be something like "This grocery store is nice, but the coco-puffs and turkeys are being overwhelmed by the abundant supply of toilet paper and bouncy balls.... Or something lol
Yes, its that darn toilet paper I have to dig through to find the Turkey, and stupid bouncy balls getting mixed in with the coco-puffs... it makes it hard to chew.
100,000 apps, 85% percent garbage apps. Still, very impressive.
Yeah, and 85% might be on the low side...
If only it was easier to cut through the crap in the app store.
Garbage or not, 100,000 is plenty to choose from with apps useful for just about anything. Well, except finding the right apps!
Yeah, and 85% might be on the low side...
If only it was easier to cut through the crap in the app store.
There are probably 10% real apps. The rest are games and widgets.
You are now arguing semantics and nomenclature. Applications is a generic term.
I'm not arguing anything- I'm just stating a fact.
I'm not arguing anything- I'm just stating a fact.
"Probably 10%", a figure you pulled out of your ass, if a "fact"?
On this thread we've seen "1% useful", "85% worthless", and "probably 10% real" (whatever that means).
The "fact" is, no one throwing these figures around have the faintest idea what percentage of the apps in the app store are "useful", or even by what metric useful would be defined.
Sure, there are a lot of silly or trivial apps. That's true for every platform. It's certainly true for PCs, where once upon a time having a shitload of apps was considered a big competitive advantage over the Mac.
At any rate, pick whatever percentage good/bad you want. As the absolute number of apps increase, the number of good apps increase. At some point, it doesn't matter how many are of no interest to one particular buyer, when even a small percentage of the available apps outnumber the entire catalog on any other platform.
I'm not arguing anything- I'm just stating a fact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applica...28computing%29
Please see section at the bottom: Content Access Software.
That's fact.