[Foundation-l] iPhone App

[Dan Rosenthal]

iPhone apps will not be only delivered through iTunes, but also  
through the App Store directly on the iPhone. So you can get apps  
either by downloading them on desktop via iTunes, or by downloading  
them through Apps Store directly on the iPhone.

Apple has been pretty clear about how the for-pay apps will work, but  
have not detailed much about how for free apps will work, or shareware/ 
donation-ware apps.

-Dan
On Mar 9, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Judson Dunn wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 2:52 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On 09/03/2008, Husky <huskyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Judson Dunn  
>>> <cohesion at sleepyhead.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> Here's a crazy what if. What if we make it open source, but charge
>>>> something small for it, like $1-$5, and have that donated to the
>>>> foundation, or to Mediawiki development? I don't think this would  
>>>> play
>>>> very badly at all on the web PR-wise, if it was cheap enough,  
>>>> people
>>>> would feel good about paying.
>>
>>> In my opinion access to Wikipedia in any way should always be free,
>>> and donations are very welcome, but not required to view any  
>>> content.
>>> Sending the message that you would have to 'pay for Wikipedia' (even
>>> if it is only for the iPhone application) wouldn't be very good
>>> PR-wise too.
>>
>>
>> Lots of open source apps have a little PayPal button on the project
>> page. Call it "Suggested donation". (I don't know if that's
>> tax-deductible. Mind you, donating wouldn't be compulsory to get a
>> copy, so it might not constitute a sale therefore not deductible. In
>> any case, "if you use and like this app, please give us $5-10 or £5"
>> or whatever should be just fine.
>>
>
> You are both probably right about making it optional. Apple has made
> it pretty clear though that applications will only be delivered
> through iTunes, so the price will either be something, or free. I
> highly doubt Apple will let you include a paypal link within the write
> up of the app in iTunes, so that would have to be on a web page, which
> people wouldn't go to nearly as often. Not that it's the end of the
> world, every little bit helps. :)
>
> Judson
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion
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