MobileMonday Global

18th MobileMonday Taipei - iPhone & app store, killer app or app killer ?

After the long wait, in December 2008, iPhone finally officially launched in Taiwan and in just one month, iPhone takes up 2.2% handset market share in Taiwan, becomes the sixth most popular handset in Taiwan, based on the report of Digitimes. And with the popularity of iPhone, iPhone apps become a new income source for developers, also a brand new way for companies to promote their business, products and services. But it’s no secret that iPhone app developers are less than happy with the App Store. The criteria for approval of iPhone apps is arcane and approval can take anywhere from a couple of days to months. And then there is how to price your app right, how to promote your app… it is a lot of work and seems never ends. Is it killing the creativity for app developers? Or it opens a new door for developers?

For this month’s MobileMonday Taipei, we have invited some iPhone app developers to share with us their experience in developing application for iPhone, showcase their creativity and how they feel about the app store “Black Box”. Also we invite some mobile content providers to share their thoughts how they foresee this market is going to be.