03-13-2003, 07:30 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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How Many Pocket PC Downloads are There on Handango?
12,045 8O
That's the number from Handango as of March 10th. It's amazing how far we've come in just the past year! Now those "downloads" are applications, themes, etc. But considering that Palm counts eBooks and text documents as part of their "16,000 applications" rhetoric, I think it's fair that we do the same. :wink: It's also worth noting that not all developers list with Handango. Some, like Revolution.cx prefer to sell directly to consumers.
Specific numbers aside, I think one thing is clear: there are boatloads of applications available for either platform, and the decision on which platform to go with can no longer be made on the "more apps" excuse. People should make the decision based on more important things
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03-13-2003, 07:42 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 174
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Actually we do sell some product on Handango but we don't actively promote it. Handango takes 40% of the purchase price and it's about to go up to 50%.
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03-13-2003, 07:52 AM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by Revolution.cx
Actually we do sell some product on Handango but we don't actively promote it. Handango takes 40% of the purchase price and it's about to go up to 50%.
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Hmm - I searched for the keywords "Lexionary" and "ClearSpeed" and got zero hits, so I assumed your products weren't up there. If they were, I would have made at least $3 in affiliate sales by now. :wink:
40%? I thought it was 30%....? :?
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03-13-2003, 07:54 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2002
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There was a day when I could go to Handango and see all the 'New' and 'Updated' software. Now all you see that's 'New' or 'Updated' are themes. I realy wish they would seperate the themes from the software. It's not even worth visiting the site. :x
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03-13-2003, 08:01 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 174
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It's "Lextionary" and "Clear Speed" (2 words). Their search engine doesn't burden the user with close matches.
Sadly it's 40% if you want to participate in any of their promotions and get high placement in their search results. Once you start doing some real sales volume it goes to 50% then 60%.
I'll email you with some details about my affiliate program...
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Hmm - I searched for the keywords "Lexionary" and "ClearSpeed" and got zero hits, so I assumed your products weren't up there. If they were, I would have made at least $3 in affiliate sales by now. :wink:
40%? I thought it was 30%....? :?
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03-13-2003, 08:11 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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So as not to hijaak the thread (the OT deserves it's own)...
There are lots and lots of good apps out there and what irks me the most as a developer is that means there is lots and lots of competition!
Fortunately that's excellent news for you as the consumer, we developers have to work hard to make our products better and better.
I'm sure I could make some good money writing Palm versions of our software but I have far too much on my plate with Pocket PC and Smartphone development to even give it a look.
The Pocket PC market is a healthy, healthy thing that really seems to have taken off in the last 6 months.
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03-13-2003, 08:17 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 88
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And just how many of those "apps" are actually Today skins?
I mean, get real. I like my 3970 and there's a lot of software for it to be sure, but when I got it (some three months ago), I browsed through all apps on Handango (minus the skins), and there were more like a 1,000+ of them, but nowhere near the quoted number.
What matters is the number of quality software. I don't give a good {edited} about the 10,000 "apps" if there is not a single one that meets my criteria.
Fortunately, among the (realistic) one or two thousand apps, there's plenty of excellent ones (albeit not many new ones, as someone stated in another thread).
Regards,
Rok
Edited by Ed H. on 3/15. Lets keep the foul language out, mkay?
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03-13-2003, 08:46 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Handango search engine is hopelessly slow.
I would say google is still the best software resource for PPC.
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03-13-2003, 09:37 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 50
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....And dont forget 1,877 beans!! :lol:
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03-13-2003, 11:08 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Originally Posted by Rok
What matters is the number of quality software. I don't give a good god damn about the 10,000 "apps" if there is not a single one that meets my criteria.
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That's rather true on both sides of the fence though (Palm and PPC). My experience with my Palm V back in the day was that most of the apps were only slight variants of other apps. My Palm friends will tell me "there are so many more apps..." and my response is always "show me all these apps then".
Jason's point still stands as valid, that the "number-of-apps" argument in favor of the Palm is not much of an argument anymore. IMO, it hasn't been much of an argument for quite some time.
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