folks, the T-Mobile App Store is pure hype for suckers. can't believe anyone here takes it seriously.
there are already other 'app stores' - MS has one for Win Mobile apps, Handango sells apps for all kinds of phones plus one branded for RIM, and others. they all are just catalogs of apps that you can buy, download, and then install manually one-by-one. for prices that typically range from $10-$30 (with bigger subscription fees for some). T-Mobile is just going to add one more branded version of its own. BFD. it's a primitive business/technical model that has not been a big hit with consumers, and never will be because it is clumsy and expensive. only apps that provide important information access services are selling.
the iPhone App Store is light years ahead of that. it kills them all. one click auto purchase/download/installation of an app, with auto updates. for prices that range from free to $10 (plus superior graphics/UI, auto-backup, multiple installations, and SDK). it's very easy and very affordable, and it's quickly becoming a sensational success. there are some really great/fun apps available, many free, in addition to the many very useful ones. more are coming every week, and in a few months every good possibility that has been suggested should become available from some developer.
only RIM can attempt to model it, since it controls both hardware and software integration on its limited line of phones too. it has just launched its own "made for RIM" mini-app store on its website. but there are only a small number of custom RIM apps there now (a few are free), nothing like the iTunes store.
maybe MS will attempt to catch up with a comparably easy auto app installation option in Win Mobil 7 next year. they'd better try, or they'll be left in the dust. same for Nokia/Symbian. but how about the prices?
The issue is still the iPhone will be for the forseeable future a significant mobile internet application system.
With an application store that is perhaps experentially superior on a global scale.
If the iPhone hits 50% of the smartphone market globally, it would give Symbian some good worrying, and make this T-mobile venture soon enough seem like the now defunct Yahoo Music store.
Man, that is one of the ugliest most confusing web pages I have seen in a while. If that's what they are going to go head to head with the app store with, Apple has nothing to worry about.
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Originally Posted by Tofino
yes - that's an intensely crowded page. i'm curious what it looks like on a mobile browser...
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Originally Posted by oberpongo
well, then you haven't seen their iTunes Store pendant: www.musicload.de
at least there Video on Demand store looks a little bit more tidy: www.videoload.de:)
see the pattern...
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Originally Posted by oberpongo
T-Mobile in Germany just launched a mobile Application store.
Based on its existing softwareload.de desktop application online store it added a new section for mobile applications.
Grouped by devices more than 10.000 applications are already available. Either as a direct download via SMS Code to your handset or as a download to your desktop and then transfer to your mobile.
Oh and by the way. In case you loose your mobile you are allowed to redownload the software up to two years later.
Yeah, that website is insanely jammed. It is bred from the "DOWNLOAD ALL TE MOST AND BEST RINGTONS FOR JUST 99C TYPE CODE AAAA AASHG ASJD CRERU FOR THE LATEST BEST TUNES OMFG WTF BBQ QOOOOT!!!!!" mobile ringtone/ Java game industry.
Try this for a difference (shameless plug) -- seriously though, try it
Bonus points if you try that URL in your iPhone... (Yeah, it's not an app store, it's a web app for reading Appleinsider forums (summary of threads only at this stage).
While it took T-Mobile three months to add 668,000 users in the spring, Apple's iPhone 3G sold a million devices during its opening weekend alone -- a large portion of which were bought by AT&T customers.
Why is this statement being made? What value is there in comparing a carrier's gross adds to another carrier's devices sold? At best, if the ending adjunct was that "large portion of which were bought by NEW customers" there would be a still-broken attempt to compare apples to apples. But since it does not say that, a point is trying to be made without any accurate supporting information.
Though when all said and done, boy I sure do wish TMO had the iPhone. Won't ever set foot in a Verizon or at&t store again, and don't have the patience to maintain a jailbroken iPhone. Someday....
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What is with all the advertisements on T-Online's site? That looks extremely tacky.
T-Mobile USA is still using Cold Fusion for their Job search? That is one eye-sore of a web site.
What's the slam on ColdFusion? I used to develop web sites & ColdFusion was, by far, the best solution for most sites:
-- a very high-level scripting language
-- easy to learn & self documenting
-- automatically compiles to Java ByteCode for runtime efficiency
I also developed sites with Perl and PHP. They are free & though ColdFusion costs, I was far more productive (made more $) using it.
there are already other 'app stores' - MS has one for Win Mobile apps, Handango sells apps for all kinds of phones plus one branded for RIM, and others. they all are just catalogs of apps that you can buy, download, and then install manually one-by-one. for prices that typically range from $10-$30 (with bigger subscription fees for some). T-Mobile is just going to add one more branded version of its own. BFD. it's a primitive business/technical model that has not been a big hit with consumers, and never will be because it is clumsy and expensive. only apps that provide important information access services are selling.
the iPhone App Store is light years ahead of that. it kills them all. one click auto purchase/download/installation of an app, with auto updates. for prices that range from free to $10 (plus superior graphics/UI, auto-backup, multiple installations, and SDK). it's very easy and very affordable, and it's quickly becoming a sensational success. there are some really great/fun apps available, many free, in addition to the many very useful ones. more are coming every week, and in a few months every good possibility that has been suggested should become available from some developer.
only RIM can attempt to model it, since it controls both hardware and software integration on its limited line of phones too. it has just launched its own "made for RIM" mini-app store on its website. but there are only a small number of custom RIM apps there now (a few are free), nothing like the iTunes store.
maybe MS will attempt to catch up with a comparably easy auto app installation option in Win Mobil 7 next year. they'd better try, or they'll be left in the dust. same for Nokia/Symbian. but how about the prices?
once again Apple has revolutionized the business.
With an application store that is perhaps experentially superior on a global scale.
If the iPhone hits 50% of the smartphone market globally, it would give Symbian some good worrying, and make this T-mobile venture soon enough seem like the now defunct Yahoo Music store.
Man, that is one of the ugliest most confusing web pages I have seen in a while. If that's what they are going to go head to head with the app store with, Apple has nothing to worry about.
yes - that's an intensely crowded page. i'm curious what it looks like on a mobile browser...
well, then you haven't seen their iTunes Store pendant: www.musicload.de
or their games on demand store: www.gamesload.de
at least there Video on Demand store looks a little bit more tidy: www.videoload.de:)
see the pattern...
T-Mobile in Germany just launched a mobile Application store.
Based on its existing softwareload.de desktop application online store it added a new section for mobile applications.
Grouped by devices more than 10.000 applications are already available. Either as a direct download via SMS Code to your handset or as a download to your desktop and then transfer to your mobile.
Check out the page i.e. for Nokias N95 series:
http://mobil.softwareload.de/device:...N95/index.html
Oh and by the way. In case you loose your mobile you are allowed to redownload the software up to two years later.
Yeah, that website is insanely jammed. It is bred from the "DOWNLOAD ALL TE MOST AND BEST RINGTONS FOR JUST 99C TYPE CODE AAAA AASHG ASJD CRERU FOR THE LATEST BEST TUNES OMFG WTF BBQ QOOOOT!!!!!" mobile ringtone/ Java game industry.
Try this for a difference
http://flame-research.110mb.com
Bonus points if you try that URL in your iPhone...
While it took T-Mobile three months to add 668,000 users in the spring, Apple's iPhone 3G sold a million devices during its opening weekend alone -- a large portion of which were bought by AT&T customers.
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
Why is this statement being made? What value is there in comparing a carrier's gross adds to another carrier's devices sold? At best, if the ending adjunct was that "large portion of which were bought by NEW customers" there would be a still-broken attempt to compare apples to apples. But since it does not say that, a point is trying to be made without any accurate supporting information.
Though when all said and done, boy I sure do wish TMO had the iPhone. Won't ever set foot in a Verizon or at&t store again, and don't have the patience to maintain a jailbroken iPhone. Someday....
"The App store was a big deal, but that?s one phone," the anonymous developer says. "This is an entire carrier."
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
Ha ha.
By the end of the year, there will be more people using the iPhone than that "entire carrier".
Then how's this going to look?