iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers

HardYakka writes "According to this post in the Fortune blog, the iTunes app store has been a boon for users but some developers are saying the number of free and 99 cent apps make it difficult for developers to create complex, higher priced apps. Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory says the iPhone may never get its killer app like the spreadsheet was for the Mac. If Apple does not do something, the store will be left with only ring tones and simple games. Some are suggesting that overpaid developers are the problem and the recession will soon lower the wages and costs for complex apps."

Comments

Re:Well, that is the problem right there

[Anonymous Coward]

One developer said:
"Both developers and designers cost somewhere between $150-200 per hour."

$150 to 200 dollar an hour?

If someone wants to make that kind of money I've got just the job for them. It involves my penis and their mouth.

Re:Spreadsheet

[SleepingWaterBear]

I wish I had mod points. This is a perfectly reasonable statement, backed by evidence and not made in an inflammatory fashion. The fact the most people disagree with it doesn't justify moding it as flamebait.

That said, the bigtime movie producers can afford coders, and so linux is a natural choice for the flexibility and automation that linux' excellent integration of scripting can provide. For single user desktop graphics work, the Mac is still a superior platform.

Re:Like spreadsheets for the MAC?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooh! I've always wanted to do this!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

1992 - amiga emulated macs faster, haha

[cheekyboy]

I loved seeing amigas running macos with a rom, faster than a real mac with async IO patches to the ROM.

Tho I saw corps using DTP on 286's too in 1989. Slow but worked, support came from one place.