RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps 244
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from the do-not-want dept.
from the do-not-want dept.
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."
I've got 99 fart apps... (Score:3, Funny)
Priorities? (Score:4, Funny)
You're not looking at ads, clicking on ads or buying premium upgrades, and the app isn't adding any value to your device.'
I hope he didn't list those problems in *decending* order of importance...
Re:No Worries! (Score:5, Funny)
So he's busy doing the Apple thing and won't have time to make fart and piss apps for RIM.
Too bad. If he'd been hired by RIM instead, we'd have lots of jokes about how the fart-app guy got a RIM job.
So what their saying is... (Score:5, Funny)
They need a Job site searching app (Score:2, Funny)
that links to the various job hunting sites.
They could call it...ohhh...I dunno...something like "Rim Jobs"
Think about it, you can search hotjobs and save it as a search for "Hot Rim Jobs" or save your search for "Monster Rim Jobs".
It has a ring to it...you gotta admit it
199 fart apps... (Score:1, Funny)
199 fart apps should be enough for anyone.
Re:Unfortunately for RIM... (Score:3, Funny)
Certainly some people are incapable of farting, thus it is probably an ADA requirement that this handicap be properly addressed?
Re:All we need is Netcraft confirmation (Score:3, Funny)
You have to use their linker, there is no other choice. The linker alone will give you the run-around if you don't do it their way.
Re:I've got 99 fart apps... (Score:4, Funny)
So it's not that he doesn't want any fart apps...it's just that the only fart apps they'll flag in have to be compelling (as opposed to propelling) fart apps.
I also have to say, I really appreciate the brazen honesty: "These are apps you'll open 3 or 4 times and never look at again. You're not looking at ads..." He could have at least listed that one second...
Re:Given iPhone Apps usually get used once... (Score:5, Funny)