iPad Users Interested in Productivity Apps, iPhone and iPod Users in Games

[RT2020]

Productivity? I guess that may be the case but efficiency sure must not be a priority. Once the novelty of the iPad wears off these people can get back to actually being productive and efficient using a Mac. Typing ten words a minute on that screen is annoying.

Or lack of multi-tasking... printing... file structure...

Its a woefully inadequate platform for productivity. Its a novelty device for now.

 

[Liam8]

I thought games would be top on iPad due to the larger screen...

 

[felipur]

Completely misleading article title

I thought games would be top on iPad due to the larger screen...

And the data shows that they are. In fact, the data doesn't support a lot of the article claims.

The data shown implies:
ipad users buy proportionally more games than iphone users (25% to 15%)
ipad users buy more productivity apps than iphone users (5% to 2%) but it's a small difference
ipad users buy far less books than iphone users (9% to 18%). This is the only big difference other than games.

So the article title really should have read:
iPad users more interested in games, iphone and ipod users more interested in books.

 

[arn]

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I thought games would be top on iPad due to the larger screen...

And the data shows that they are. In fact, the data doesn't support a lot of the article claims.

The data shown implies:
ipad users buy proportionally more games than iphone users (25% to 15%)
ipad users buy more productivity apps than iphone users (5% to 2%) but it's a small difference
ipad users buy far less books than iphone users (9% to 18%). This is the only big difference other than games.

So the article title really should have read:
iPad users more interested in games, iphone and ipod users more interested in books.

You are looking at the wrong numbers.

15% is percent of all iPhone apps that are games.
25% is percent of all ipad apps that are games

despite this, 54% of the top 100 sold apps for iPhone are games while only 29% of sold apps for ipad are games

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[rumplestiltskin]

Want Productivity apps? Pound sand.

I don't believe we'll see much in the way of decent productivity apps on the iPad simply because of Steve's refusal to permit "intermediate" software to produce iPhone/iPad apps. Here's what I posted at Macintouch yesterday:

With Steve's rejection of Kevin Miller's revMobile proposal (detailed below), it's become painfully evident that Steve must go.

I realize this is tantamount to heresy among those who bleed in six colors (like I do); however, without a true user-accessible programming language (like ruvRev's revMobile), the iPad and iPhone will be home to 99 cent throwaway software made by developers who, while they may know Objective-C, know almost nothing about what actually makes a good application. If you think I exaggerate, I invite you to carefully examine the offerings at the App Store and you will find, as did I, that most everything up there is crap. There! I've said it: The emperor has no clothes. (There are a few good apps: Goodreader immediately comes to mind.)

So where does Steve come down on all this? According to Kevin, even though revMobile will produce 100% native code indistinguishable from apps made using Apple's Objective-C, it's still not good enough. What is the technical argument? There is none.

Thank you, Steve, for bringing Apple back from the dead. You served your purpose well, just like Lee Iaccoca brought Chrysler back. However, Lee didn't know when to leave and hung around way too long. Steve, you don't seem to see the forest for the trees. If you were truly serious about making the iPad magical, you'd let ordinary users write apps for it. Jean-Louis Gassee was right - we do need a user-accessible programming language. He said that in 1987 (at the MacWorld Expo Keynote, IIRC) and HyperCard was the closest thing we had to it. Twenty-three years later we have an IDE developer who is offering to craft his product so it meets, exactly, what you have demanded: Native code iPad apps. But it seems the end result isn't what you want; rather, what is important is that the developer "do it your way" rather than "produce a great app".

So, while it pains me to write these words, it's time for you to go, Steve.

 

[shervieux]

OH I don't know.....

Originally Posted by ValSalva View Post
Productivity? I guess that may be the case but efficiency sure must not be a priority. Once the novelty of the iPad wears off these people can get back to actually being productive and efficient using a Mac. Typing ten words a minute on that screen is annoying.
Or lack of multi-tasking... printing... file structure...

Its a woefully inadequate platform for productivity. Its a novelty device for now.

I am getting along pretty good with productivity. I am using the iwork apps, plus other apps. I have a few apps that allow me to print right to my wifi printer, or use my mac as a print server and direct my printing to one of the 2 printers connected to my USB hub (laserjet for jut black and whites, HP Photosmart for photos and color documents).

PLus here are many apps (like Mobile studio, air sharing, print central) that allow me to have a file structure, and easily import documents. Kinda like the ease of my ipad and working comfortably on the couch at night. Beats being locked in an office or at the kitchen table.

 

[shervieux]

I don't believe we'll see much in the way of decent productivity apps on the iPad simply because of Steve's refusal to permit "intermediate" software to produce iPhone/iPad apps. Here's what I posted at Macintouch yesterday:

With Steve's rejection of Kevin Miller's revMobile proposal (detailed below), it's become painfully evident that Steve must go.

I realize this is tantamount to heresy among those who bleed in six colors (like I do); however, without a true user-accessible programming language (like ruvRev's revMobile), the iPad and iPhone will be home to 99 cent throwaway software made by developers who, while they may know Objective-C, know almost nothing about what actually makes a good application. If you think I exaggerate, I invite you to carefully examine the offerings at the App Store and you will find, as did I, that most everything up there is crap. There! I've said it: The emperor has no clothes. (There are a few good apps: Goodreader immediately comes to mind.)

So where does Steve come down on all this? According to Kevin, even though revMobile will produce 100% native code indistinguishable from apps made using Apple's Objective-C, it's still not good enough. What is the technical argument? There is none.

Thank you, Steve, for bringing Apple back from the dead. You served your purpose well, just like Lee Iaccoca brought Chrysler back. However, Lee didn't know when to leave and hung around way too long. Steve, you don't seem to see the forest for the trees. If you were truly serious about making the iPad magical, you'd let ordinary users write apps for it. Jean-Louis Gassee was right - we do need a user-accessible programming language. He said that in 1987 (at the MacWorld Expo Keynote, IIRC) and HyperCard was the closest thing we had to it. Twenty-three years later we have an IDE developer who is offering to craft his product so it meets, exactly, what you have demanded: Native code iPad apps. But it seems the end result isn't what you want; rather, what is important is that the developer "do it your way" rather than "produce a great app".

So, while it pains me to write these words, it's time for you to go, Steve.

What are you smokin? Crap apps? Oh let's see.....

ibooks - kinda like it, and i converted a bunch of my PDF's to epub (using Calibre) jut for reading in ibooks.

iwork apps (pages, numbers, keynote) - using them now. kinda nice. in fact I am using pages to write my next sermon that I am preaching on Sunday.

Mariner Calc - I like Mariner products, have several on my macbook; used it on my iphone (since numbers is not available), and also use it when I need to just crunch some numbers or do some quick spreadsheets. the ipad version works good. mariner may be working on write as we speak.

Omni group - so your calling Omnigraffle crap? all omni products are coming to the ipad by fall. they got 2 released now, 2 to be released by the end of summer, and Omniplan to be released in the fall.

MobileNoter - great for those who use MS OneNote. We can sync and edit on our iphones and ipads.

Sound Paper & AudioNote - 2 great apps. Ever use a livescribe smart pen? well these 2 apps do the same right on the ipad, without the cost of the pen and special paper. both apps look promising.

Strip Designer - great if you like to take photographs or other images and create a comic strip. I used this for making comics on my website and also used it in my ministry to have a little fun with the kids in putting their picture and some quirky caption. Also great for inserting into a church bulletin.

Easy books - Pretty good light accounting software for personal or small business use.

Shoot, and that is only a small portion of my apps. I have 166 apps for productivity on my ipad and iphone. There is almost nothing I can't do on my ipad. in fact, my macbook is now pretty much a desktop computer.

I still see many great apps coming out for the ipad over the next few months. You sounds like the guy from Adobe who told Apple to go... Well, you know.