Back in June, the numbers looked like this: The June published numbers show over $350 million in developer/publisher earnings on applications published in 24 countries from 34 manufacturers on 45 operators. The number of operators has increased by 4 and the number of manufacturers has increased by 2 since February. They now show the same $350 million to developers and publishers (which is still from June), but in 29 (up 20%) countries from 56 (up 25%) operators shipping handsets from 37 manufacterers (there are that many cell phone makers?).
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Hello All ,
My name is Ankur Tarnacha and I am a researcher in the School of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).
Here at Penn State our research team has watched the development of the mobile applications market and are undertaking research to understand the market entry strategies of applications developers. Aware of the fragmentation and turbulence of the market we are interested in how decisions about distribution strategies, technologies and timing are made. In particular, we are interested in hearing your experiences and challenges you face in this highly competitive and dynamic mobile application market.
Your participation in this study is crucial to our ability to develop a broad picture of the market and in turn we will provide you and other study participants with our findings at no charge.
Would you or one of your firm’s senior managers be willing to talk to us for about 30 minutes? If so, please email us at atarnacha@ist.psu.edu so that we can schedule a telephone interview.
Please let me know if you would be interested.
Thank you for your time.
Ankur Tarnacha
PhD Candidate
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ph: +1-814-883-5441 (Mobile)
http://mobileappdev.blogspot.com
Please Note:
You must be at least 18 years of age to participate. You are not obliged to participate in the study and you will not be asked to share information/experiences that you are not comfortable sharing. Also, you can withdraw your participation at anytime during the study.
Thank you for your note, Ankur.
Can you tell us where the study is going to be published and if it will be available?
Thanks!
-MDN
Apologies for the late reply.
The study will be published in an Academic Journal. I will let you know when we decide and get accepted on one.
Thanks
~Ankur