2. BACKGROUND
• Before the IPhone
• Killer App already on the device - The App Store
• One SDK
• Only 1 Year old - July 11th 2009
• Over 56,000 apps, so over 1000 per week
3. COMPETITION
• Nokia Ovi Store
• Android Marketplace
• Palm Pre App Catalog
• Blackberry App World
• Microsoft Windows Marketplace for Mobile
7. CONTRACTS
• Two types of Contract - Free and Paid
• Free can be agreed online
• Paid requires Tax and Banking information
• Only One bank account per account
• Has to be posted to Apple’s legal team
10. SUBMISSION
• Great! You’ve developed your app
• Submit through ITunes Connect
• ChooseCategories, Upload Screenshots, target
language
• 85 pricing tiers - from free to $999
11. TARGET DEVICE
• IPod Touch has no camera, gps - YET
• 3GS adds compass, better camera
• Devices run at different speeds
• Big changes with 3.0
14. APPROVAL
• More Waiting
• No Porn! but thats not all
• All external links must be live
• For one day only top your category
• Rejection will mean resubmitting
15. PROBLEMS
• Adult Material
• Too much bandwidth
• Chargebacks
• Deceptive Marketing
• Awful Customer Experience
• Memory Problems
16. UPDATES
• Require resubmission
• Same wait time
• Pushes you back to the top of your category on
release day