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发表于 2011-2-17 11:03 AM
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苹果泄了!
what happen?
news for JOBs?
mtguyla 发表于 2011-2-17 10:58 
Apple Risks App-lash on iPad
by Martin Peers
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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By playing hardball with media companies on App Store subscriptions, Apple risks a painful rebound.
Few media outlets can afford to not have their mobile applications available through Apple's App Store. With the iPad, Apple has an early lead in tablets, with a 75.3% share of global tablet shipments in the fourth quarter, Strategy Analytics estimates. And while its share of smartphone shipments was only 16.1%, the iPhone is the phone of choice for many affluent consumers.
But that hardly justifies Apple's terms for subscriptions sold within its App Store. The company will keep 30% of the revenues and won't automatically give publishers information about their subscribers. While publishers can avoid these strictures by signing up people on their website, that is hardly ideal.
[More from WSJ.com: LG Sees Handset Rebound on Smartphone Push]
Publishers are likely to be receptive to alternatives. And, unlike with the iPod, Apple may not dominate the tablet market for long. Devices running Google's (NYSE: GOOG - News) Android mobile operating system already are flooding the market. They had 21.6% of global tablet shipments in the fourth quarter, up from 2.3% in the third quarter. Android could arguably have as much impact in tablets as it has had in smartphones, where it had a 32.5% share in the fourth quarter. |
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