PayPal have recently announced they will be also creating an App Store. Their new PayPal X Developer Network site gives some details on their new in-app payments mechanism.

While I can see the potential for in-app PayPal payments, developers need to be careful not to charge for the app itself otherwise they are […]

The paper version of Computing, a UK publication, has an interesting article on deploying mobile business apps (I’ll add the link once it also becomes available online).
Nick Jones, VP of Gartner, is quoted as saying..
"Targeting your user base correctly may mean that a cheaply developed application that covers more of your customer base would be […]

Last November I wrote about the opportunities provided by vertical applications and how these might have a longer life than many of the applications on today’s application stores.
Recess Mobile have emailed me about their RecessApp that describes one such vertical application…
"Let’s say you walk into a restaurant on a busy Saturday […]

Garner have just released their phone sales statistics for 2009.
It’s interesting to see that Symbian has regained growth having previously seen a decline in sales between 2007 and 2008 (compare with 2008 stats). iPhone and BlackBerry continue to see strong growth. Android is seen for the first time as a significant platform rather than being […]

I have started posting regularly again on my Android blog after many months of dormancy. It’s really difficult to find the time to post on more than one blog. I have just posted a lengthy article on problems with the Android Market that might go some way to explain why it has by far the […]

If you are developing for mobile then you need to take a look at Netsize’s latest 287 page NetSize Guide 2010. It’s free to download after you have entered some contact information.
Here’s an example chart from the guide…  The guide contains…
"28 interviews with industry senior executives at leading companies including EmFinders, Evernote, Flirtomatic, GeoVector, GetJar, Havas […]

If you are interested in App Stores and comparisons between them, then you might like to take a look at Distimo’s presentation from Mobile World Congress 2010. There are some great slides. For example, here’s one comparing free vs paid for the various app stores…
 
It’s noticeable that Android has by far the highest percentage of […]