Comments on: All Grown Up: Apple Apps Are for Adults (There, We Said It) http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Apple iPhone Apps: Fast-Growing But Not Quite Fast Enough for the ADD Set | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/#comment-3970 Apple iPhone Apps: Fast-Growing But Not Quite Fast Enough for the ADD Set | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:08 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=2369#comment-3970 [...] I wrote about the popularity of the third-party apps and Apple’s iTunes App Store: That’s because Apple has built a platform for [...] [...] I wrote about the popularity of the third-party apps and Apple’s iTunes App Store: That’s because Apple has built a platform for [...]

]]> By: Top 15 Free iPhone Productivity Apps (1.0 and 2.0) « Marketing Nirvana http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/#comment-3603 Top 15 Free iPhone Productivity Apps (1.0 and 2.0) « Marketing Nirvana Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:40:28 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=2369#comment-3603 [...] of apps they’ve launched to cater to every category of user. As Kara Swisher says: “Apple has built a platform for adults” although the free productivity apps cannot be easily discerned by the average user. [...] [...] of apps they’ve launched to cater to every category of user. As Kara Swisher says: “Apple has built a platform for adults” although the free productivity apps cannot be easily discerned by the average user. [...]

]]> By: Lee Lorenzen http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/#comment-3434 Lee Lorenzen Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:33:59 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=2369#comment-3434 Kara, I agree that the iPhone Apps are a breed apart from anything available on Facebook. I attribute this to the high standards of software engineering and user experience design that was set by the first 16 iPhone apps and to the quality of app developers (largely drawn from the Mac developer and gaming universe) who love having a new platform that offers the ability to charge for their apps. Given this, as I write in this post (http://blog.adonomics.com/2008/07/14/history-says-that-now-is-the-time-to-unbundle-the-iphone-os/), that NOW IS THE TIME TO UNBUNDLE THE IPHONE OS. Hopefully, Steve won't make the same mistake he did with the Mac OS and wait for someone else to take the 96% market share position away from him. Thanks, Lee Kara,

I agree that the iPhone Apps are a breed apart from anything available on Facebook. I attribute this to the high standards of software engineering and user experience design that was set by the first 16 iPhone apps and to the quality of app developers (largely drawn from the Mac developer and gaming universe) who love having a new platform that offers the ability to charge for their apps.

Given this, as I write in this post (http://blog.adonomics.com/2008.....phone-os/), that NOW IS THE TIME TO UNBUNDLE THE IPHONE OS.

Hopefully, Steve won’t make the same mistake he did with the Mac OS and wait for someone else to take the 96% market share position away from him.

Thanks,
Lee

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/#comment-3430 Mark Sigal Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:16:44 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=2369#comment-3430 Kara, most don’t really grok that so much of the magic of the iPhone platform is NOT the phone itself (although that’s plenty cool). It’s the fact that Apple built a really solid SDK that makes building such robust applications possible. It’s also the fact the fact that they integrated it seamlessly with App Store, which is in turn integrated seamlessly with both iTunes and iPhone/iPod touch devices, making the concept of impulse, access, buy, download, use and enjoy so staggeringly sweet. Net-net: this is what makes for a compelling platform and game changing mobility device. If interested in more fodder on the topic, check out: iPhone 2.0: What it Means to be Mobile http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/07/iphone-20-what.html Cheers, Mark Kara, most don’t really grok that so much of the magic of the iPhone platform is NOT the phone itself (although that’s plenty cool).

It’s the fact that Apple built a really solid SDK that makes building such robust applications possible.

It’s also the fact the fact that they integrated it seamlessly with App Store, which is in turn integrated seamlessly with both iTunes and iPhone/iPod touch devices, making the concept of impulse, access, buy, download, use and enjoy so staggeringly sweet.

Net-net: this is what makes for a compelling platform and game changing mobility device.

If interested in more fodder on the topic, check out:

iPhone 2.0: What it Means to be Mobile
http://thenetworkgarden.com/we.....-what.html

Cheers,

Mark

]]> By: Bruce Evans http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080721/all-grown-up-apple-apps-are-for-adults-there-we-said-it/#comment-3427 Bruce Evans Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:14:04 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=2369#comment-3427 Apps for adults, that make us feel like kids again. You gotta love that child-like wonder Apple serves out. /me challenges Kara to a PhoneSaber fight. :D Apps for adults, that make us feel like kids again. You gotta love that child-like wonder Apple serves out.

/me challenges Kara to a PhoneSaber fight. :D

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