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Originally Posted by fms View Post
All these sites are platform-neutral. What you are selling is not applications, but keys to applications, tied to specific IMEIs. Therefore, there is no need to provide a Maemo-specific app shop.
Ok - I see what you mean now and I see why I completely ignored those solutions. There are two ways of buying apps really: a complete app store with reviews, integrated interface, etc. which is designed for people to browse through it mainly ; then there's a shop tied to your website which requires the customer to know about the application or to search for it.
I don't even consider clickgamer - I don't believe that the typical maemo user would touch it with a 10' pole. It looks cheap and on par with the "send 123 to 456 to get your crazyfrog ringtone". I don't see a specific area for maemo either, so as a customer I'd completely ignore it.

Originally Posted by fms View Post
You are not Nokia, so you will not "solve" anything related to Ovi store. Simply ignore it. You can sell applications through a dozen other channels available on the Net.
Ovi is what I'd like to see working. Ovi is integrated, you can browse it, it's got quality design and being a maemo fan, I see I should get my apps there. If only it worked and didn't those entry fees...
That's why I want to create an alternative. If Nokia gets its act together and starts caring again, good. If not, the first serious maemo-targetted app store has the chance of being the de-facto standard

Originally Posted by fms View Post
If you really want to provide another distribution channel and charge developers for using it, you should carefully consider what unique value your channel will provide when compared to the existing channels.
Yup - I see not being any of the companies you listed to be a unique value... Maybe I'll have to define it better so that others believe me, but there's a start
 

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