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[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Tony Scharf wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Andrew Tarpinian  
> <evildead at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> It's kind of sad that the iPhone mail app is more feature rich than
>> the android one! and gmail is not an excuse, there are plenty of
>> people that do not want to route everything through that. I wish
>> someone would just write a really great mail app for android - what I
>> don't understand is everyone bitches how apple's development is so
>> closed yet their store kills the android marketplace in terms of  
>> great
>> apps. Yes I LOVE certain apps in the android store that would never  
>> be
>> possible on the iPhone in a legit way - downloader apps that  
>> integrate
>> into the browser to download any file, emulators, file managers  
>> etc...
>> But all that love and possibilities gets me frustrated that there
>> isn't more - I guess it's because googles marketing can't touch  
>> apples
>> in terms of making the store profitable for devs.
>> _______________________________________________
>
> The issue is actually, I think, more about the units sold than about
> anything else.  Developers will always go after the biggest user base
> first.  Thats where the numbers are, and thats where the money is.
> Simple.  If Android 2.0 proves popular and gets closer to having an
> installed based of iPhone like numbers ( a long shot, but possible )
> then the developers will follow and the app store will grow...

but then you have the old well if the app store is lame your numbers  
wont grow

>
> Oh, and just for the record I dont like desktop mail clients since I
> switched to google and just using it through chrome.  If there is
> anything that the apps do that I cant in gmail, then I have yet to
> come across it.

hmmm so you run all your addresses though gmail and you like it?