LABS

(2-3 PARAGRAPHS)


 * LAB 2 (THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011)**

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MAC APP STORE?

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Mac APP STORE is huge market where all users are enable to download many useful and entertaining applications on their mac products such as iPhone and iPod. I personally think that mac app store is ingenious in the way that they are allowing any eligible users to develop and release new application with minimum restrictions. Furthermore invention of the Mac APP STORE was revolutionary although similar market existed prior to app store’s release, Mac has traded marked the app store opening a potential market for all apple users. This method of blue ocean strategy was successful by January 16 2010 reaching 9 billion download to date. =====

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For mac developers, this new idea of creating applications by the users would be incredible because they no longer had to pay overpriced license fee to start developing the apps and only 30% of the revenue was commissioned towards the Apple. This method brought more and more developers to apple reaching estimation of over 400 000 apps by Jan 16 2010. For Apple, it is also beneficial for them because they can now focus more time on developing actual mac hardware products and its system. Also, they can now put more funds for other research programs. When you think about the actual profit, yes they are saving a lot of money toward developing applications but this may cause many troubles such as troubles with certain types of application, degree of completion of the application and many more. =====

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For Mac app store users, this new approach can be benefiting for them in a way that they are now able to access many and innovative programs. Through mac app store users can download many useable applications onto their mac products and I think that the prices of the applications are reasonable regarding the effort that the developers put to create the applications. Nowadays people are able to download many different games as well as other informative applications such as navigation programs and data based phone-call services allowing them to save money and time. Therefore, I think that overall, mac app store is very useful and beneficial for the developers and users as well as the apple store itself. =====