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Subject: Re: <OT> 97 Percent of Handheld Software Sold in 2001 Runs on Palms

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 11:30:35 04/11/02

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On April 11, 2002 at 14:17:04, Frank Schneider wrote:

>I just tried to compare the number of downloads of some applications
>at PalmGear and PocketGear:
>
>PalmGear: #1, #2 of the Top 50 monthly downloads:
>Silver Screen: 473000 downloads (8300 this month), $19
>Noah Lite dictionary: 533000 downloads (6900 this month), free (great prog!)
>
>PocketGear: #1, #2 of the Top 10 Pocket PC Applications:
>Chopper Alley (ARM): 50000 downloads, $5.99
>Pocket Strip Poker (ARM): 25000 downloads, $14.99
>
>If you compare the $ sold, Palm has about 93%. Of course, that's just
>a rough guess.
>


That's very clever!

I don't know if the percentage of people who actually pay for an app (not just
download it) is proportionally the same on both platforms.  And I have a feeling
that, with its Windows heritage, piracy could be a greater issue on the Pocket
PC than on the Palm.



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