Android Bootcamp Session: Android App Discovery and Monetization by Getjar

The topic is Android App Discovery and Monetization.

Time: 2PM – 255PM

Day: Oct 7th

Please feel free to drop me any questions you’d like me to ask you but in general here are some of the types of questions I’m thinking of putting out there:

- App Discovery:  How easy is it to get your Android app discovered?  what kinds of tools are out there and how do they compare to see Rim or Apple?

- App Discovery:  As app stores become more congested marketing becomes a necessity.  Is marketing even affordable for the vast majority of developers?

- App Discovery: What’s your experience with cheap or free app discovery?  What kind of tools are out there that are either free or cheap that developers can use?

- App Monetization:  Briefly summarize the variety of business models out there that developers can use to monetize apps on Android

- App Monetization:  Google Check Out on AM:  Success or failure?  What does Google need to do to help monetization?

- App Monetization:  Returns.  Good for consumers sucks for developers.  Is there a happy middle ground?

Mobile Browsing Explodes in December, Android Big Winner With 54.8% Gain – Android Guys

Android Guys - Mobile browsing now accounts for 1.3% of all web browsing, according to the latest figures released by NetApplications yesterday. A brief post on their web site claims that mobile devices were the biggest usage share winners this past holiday season. All major mobile operating systems attained large percentage gains; with Android leading the pack obtaining twice the gain of the competition!

1.3% market share might not seem like a lot at first, but when you think that’s more than half of Opera’s market share, it really helps put that figure in perspective. These are the numbers for each of the leading mobile platforms:

Mobile O/S	Percentage Gain (November – December)
Android	+54.8%
Blackberry	+22.2%
iPhone	+20.1%
Symbian	+19.0%
Java ME	+15.6%