Payment applications in the iPhone, A new way to earn money for Apple?

Payment applications in the iPhone, A new way to earn money for Apple?

Since the submission of the iPhone SDK in February have always been aware that many applications would pay, but what we did not know until recently is the price that would have these applications. So far unknown as the market will evolve but the few presented in the Keynote exorbitado from a price of $ 9.99.

Is it a good price? Frankly no. The applications of the iPhone will usually very simple with a utility really limited by what is a fairly high price for an application that probably will not save the lives and which is approaching dangerously at the price of Mac OS X applications

But basically the fault of all this is the Apple. The reason is that as we publish in its day, Apple keeps 30% of the price of applying for distribution and marketing costs so the developers have to raise the price of the application for this is profitable.

The price Ideally games of the iPod, or approximately $ 4.99. A price indeed tempting for a simple application, because as I said it safer is that almost any application of iPhone is so complex as to deserve such a high price.

Fortunately we always be developers who want to distribute their applications for free, although the problem is that even to them Apple tempts them to sell their applications at a nominal price, ie applications is the new engine generator money iPhone .