Comments for Pinch Media http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Paid Applications on the App Store (From 360iDev) by RichardL http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/paid-applications-on-the-app-store-from-360idev/comment-page-1/#comment-10241 RichardL Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:18 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=333#comment-10241 Wow! That "Top heavy distribution" slide tells quite the story. This dog has no "long tail". Wow! That “Top heavy distribution” slide tells quite the story. This dog has no “long tail”.

]]> Comment on Piracy in the App Store (from 360iDev) by Paid Applications on the App Store (From 360iDev) – Pinch Media Blog http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/piracy-in-the-app-store-from-360idev/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Paid Applications on the App Store (From 360iDev) – Pinch Media Blog Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:01:33 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=271#comment-7937 [...] week, we’re focusing on paid applications (for our post on piracy, see here). By providing some analysis of paid applications, we hope to answer some common support questions [...] [...] week, we’re focusing on paid applications (for our post on piracy, see here). By providing some analysis of paid applications, we hope to answer some common support questions [...]

]]> Comment on Piracy in the App Store (from 360iDev) by Matt West http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/piracy-in-the-app-store-from-360idev/comment-page-1/#comment-7179 Matt West Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:02:24 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=271#comment-7179 Thanks for sharing this information Greg. I was particularly interested in your findings about the geography of piracy. I wonder if we developers should do more to localize our apps in Chinese, Russian, Portugese, and Spanish. Thanks. Thanks for sharing this information Greg. I was particularly interested in your findings about the geography of piracy. I wonder if we developers should do more to localize our apps in Chinese, Russian, Portugese, and Spanish.
Thanks.

]]> Comment on Piracy in the App Store (from 360iDev) by Ari Braginsky http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/piracy-in-the-app-store-from-360idev/comment-page-1/#comment-7150 Ari Braginsky Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:45:23 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=271#comment-7150 Great post. There have been some interesting schemes to try and prevent piracy on the iPhone that have ranged from detecting the piracy directly via the bundle timestamps/etc. to making the legit application "phone home" with information that doesn't exist in the jailbroken version. Great post. There have been some interesting schemes to try and prevent piracy on the iPhone that have ranged from detecting the piracy directly via the bundle timestamps/etc. to making the legit application “phone home” with information that doesn’t exist in the jailbroken version.

]]> Comment on Improved opt-out methods for Pinch Analytics by Pinch Media, user privacy, and ’spyware’ - Pinch Media Blog http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/improved-opt-out-methods-for-pinch-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 Pinch Media, user privacy, and ’spyware’ - Pinch Media Blog Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:41:31 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=215#comment-5008 [...] UPDATE: Improved opt-out methods for Pinch Analytics are now available - details here. [...] [...] UPDATE: Improved opt-out methods for Pinch Analytics are now available – details here. [...]

]]> Comment on iPod 3,1 by Ramani http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/ipod-31/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 Ramani Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:31:11 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=102#comment-2892 Cool! Apple better be careful if they want to be secretive about their products. Cool! Apple better be careful if they want to be secretive about their products.

]]> Comment on Pinch Media Sponsoring iPhone Intelligence Party @ WWDC 2009 by Bryan Duke http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/pinch-media-sponsoring-iphone-intelligence-party-wwdc-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Bryan Duke Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:04:43 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/?p=74#comment-1601 I'm looking forward to seeing you guys at the party! I’m looking forward to seeing you guys at the party!

]]> Comment on Three-quarters of iPhone / iPod Touch owners use apps by jon bradford http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/three-quarters-of-iphone-ipod-touch-owners-use-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 jon bradford Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:21:23 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=56#comment-1318 I agree with Jonathan W - what I find incredible about this fact is that 1 in 4 iPhone users have not downloaded an app - that's a lot of technology going unused - and possibly the reason why Apple need to broaden their offering to include an iPhone Nano for the less tech savvy. I agree with Jonathan W – what I find incredible about this fact is that 1 in 4 iPhone users have not downloaded an app – that’s a lot of technology going unused – and possibly the reason why Apple need to broaden their offering to include an iPhone Nano for the less tech savvy.

]]> Comment on Three-quarters of iPhone / iPod Touch owners use apps by greg http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/three-quarters-of-iphone-ipod-touch-owners-use-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 greg Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:07:56 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=56#comment-1317 Jonathan -- We see the majority of iPhone / iPod Touch users coming from the US, but it's less than 75%. So that's less than 17MM - although well over 10MM. The figures include iPhones and iPod Touches - they haven't been split out. I thought 75% was pretty damn high myself, given the typical usage you see of smartphone features - often the more advanced features of the phone get used by <20% of users. I bet at 75%, that's probably a greater percentage than users who listen to music or use maps - it's probably up there with sending text messages or using the camera. As for reach, well, let's just say we're gradually getting closer to a complete set. :) Jonathan –

We see the majority of iPhone / iPod Touch users coming from the US, but it’s less than 75%. So that’s less than 17MM – although well over 10MM.

The figures include iPhones and iPod Touches – they haven’t been split out.

I thought 75% was pretty damn high myself, given the typical usage you see of smartphone features – often the more advanced features of the phone get used by <20% of users. I bet at 75%, that’s probably a greater percentage than users who listen to music or use maps – it’s probably up there with sending text messages or using the camera.

As for reach, well, let’s just say we’re gradually getting closer to a complete set. :)

]]> Comment on Three-quarters of iPhone / iPod Touch owners use apps by Jonathan W http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/three-quarters-of-iphone-ipod-touch-owners-use-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Jonathan W Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.pinchmedia.com/?p=56#comment-1316 Greg, Thanks for posting this. So let me get these number straight. - 30M devices worldwide - 23M devices running apps - 22.5M devices in the US - therefore ~ 17M US iPhones running apps? Regarding your conclusion that 3/4 of users use apps. Is that higher or lower than you would have guessed? To me, it's surprisingly low - especially with the attention that Apple's TV ads put on the app store: "Yeah, there's an app for that" The thought of not using apps is kind of depressing..it would be like buying a computer and not hooking it up to the internet. This could almost be a headline itself: 25% of iphone users have NEVER installed an app! I would love to know Pinch Media's reach numbers :) -- How many unique ids have you guys seen and what % is that of the 23M phones running apps? Greg,
Thanks for posting this. So let me get these number straight.
- 30M devices worldwide
- 23M devices running apps

- 22.5M devices in the US
- therefore ~ 17M US iPhones running apps?

Regarding your conclusion that 3/4 of users use apps. Is that higher or lower than you would have guessed?

To me, it’s surprisingly low – especially with the attention that Apple’s TV ads put on the app store: “Yeah, there’s an app for that”

The thought of not using apps is kind of depressing..it would be like buying a computer and not hooking it up to the internet. This could almost be a headline itself: 25% of iphone users have NEVER installed an app!

I would love to know Pinch Media’s reach numbers :) — How many unique ids have you guys seen and what % is that of the 23M phones running apps?

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