RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps

andylim writes "Just when you thought it was safe to dev a fart app for a BlackBerry, RIM's VP of platform product management, Alan Panezic, is making it clear that that's not want RIM is looking for. 'We don't need 200 fart apps in App World. Those are apps you'll use three or four times then never open again. You're not looking at ads, clicking on ads or buying premium upgrades, and the app isn't adding any value to your device.' Turns out RIM wants 'SuperApps', ones that keep you coming back for more because they add something to your life — be it ongoing entertainment value or doing something for you. Most importantly for developers, these are the apps that will garner the most revenue; whether it comes from premium upgrades, in-app advertising, or additional-cost content."

Comments

Unfortunately for RIM...

[Anonymusing]

...many of its customers actually want fart apps, because some people think they're entertaining.

Re:Unfortunately for RIM...

[gad_zuki!]

RIMs real customers are BES using corporate customers. They want quality apps that can be sold with volume licensing. I suspect the people using BIS really aren't their real customers and RIM goes out of their way to discourage the whole "ZOMG MY PHONE IS FUN!!" vibe that defines the non-enterprise market, which is probably a good thing. They're not going to beat Apple and Google at their own game, but certainly they can keep enterprise going and continue to be the "serious" phone for business. If anything, they're more worried about Microsoft than Apple or Google.

Re:Unfortunately for RIM...

[HateBreeder]

Your battery lasts for 2 days? Do you mean the car battery with the in-vehicle charger?

Under normal use I have to recharge my phone every night.

Re:Unfortunately for RIM...

[Kenshin]

Second billng: 5 megapixel camera
for the enterprise user who needs to capture those precious spontaneous moments?

Have you ever needed to take a photo of something on-site and send it to a client or someone back at the office? I have. It's a useful feature.

Re:All we need is Netcraft confirmation

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait... you actually LIKE Xcode?

So far I've never met anyone who didn't have the urge to jump off a building after being forced to use it.

I actually happen to also like XCode. You don't happen to work at a psychiatric hospital with a large number of patients on suicide watch, would you? If so then I think there could be other explanations for your observation than XCode.

What a Jackass

[Anonymous Coward]

Alan Panezic sez: "We don't need 200 fart apps in App World. Those are apps you'll use three or four times then never open again."

The very fact that your developers want to write them and your customers want to download them means nothing to you?

Everyone knows that if a PDA can't fart, it can't do shit.

Re:All we need is Netcraft confirmation

[chargersfan420]

Notice how the only people advocating Xcode are anonymous cowards?

Re:Free for all, or app market?

[jedidiah]

> One reason why Microsoft and Apple take the walled garden approach is because of Joe and the dancing bunny security problem.

This is utter nonsense as demonstrated by the Mac.

Microsoft and Apple take the walled garden approach because they like monopolies and control.