On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:36:39 -0700 (PDT), "4.vic.healey@gmail.com"
<4.vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:

>Verizon has blocked this alt.cellular usenet feed from their
>servers ;>(
>

They promised NY Authorities they'd block child porn.

>
>Survey: 70% of all iPhone Apps May be Free
>
>According to a survey of developers conducted this week at Apple's
>World Wide Developer Conference, and highlighted over at Apple
>Insider, many of the potential applications being developed for the
>iPhone will have an average cost of $3.00 or under -- and many others
>may be completely free. The survey, conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst
>Gene Munster right after the Steve Jobs Keynote on Monday, revealed
>some other interesting information besides potential application
>pricing.
>
>The survey also found that 50% of the developers plan on building
>applications only for the iPhone while the other 50% were going to
>make application for the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and for Macs as well.
>In addition, Munster found that many developers were also authoring
>what he called "Enterprise apps" as well as entertainment apps,
>location-based apps which take advantage of the iPhone's GPS
>capabilities and video games.
>
>According to Munster: "We see this as a positive indicator of the
>potential for Enterprise adoption of the iPhone. We found the average
>cost of iPhone apps on the App Store to be $2.29, with 71% being
>free." So, if you love the iPhone or iPod Touch and plan on putting
>lots of applications on them, if the survey proves correct, this is
>good news for you.
>
>MORE
>
>In the din of announcements from WWDC on Monday, one of the
>underreported features for iPhone apps is "ad hoc" app distribution:
>registering up to 100 iPhones, and distributing your apps yourself.
>Macworld's John Welch has a good overview of Ad Hoc and enterprise
>distribution, and what it means for IT departments. "[H]aving your
>applications distributed from your own servers on your own network
>just makes sense," he writes. "It makes security issues simpler, saves
>on external bandwidth usage, and simplifies the process of adding,
>updating, and removing applications."
>
>Webmonkey, on the other hand, completely missed this part of the
>keynote, writing a review of the App Store that omits the ad hoc
>distribution plan and calls the App Store's exclusivity "yuck." Plus,
>it neglects to mention the still-thriving jailbreak community, and the
>legions of Installer.app users.
>
>Ad hoc distribution means great things for proprietary apps for teams,
>classrooms, and large organizations.