* There are more Android units out there than iOS devices, yet iOS devices yield something like 92% of the dollar sales of applications.*
Android's only outselling iOS in the US, and only since October — iOS still has a 4:1 or 5:1 edge on installed base.
That'll shift over time, of course, but I don't know anyone who expects the iOS/Android revenue split to follow it in short order. Who buys apps for a phone that was dropped out of a blimp?
I don't know about phone apps, but in online games, some of the really big winners that you don't hear too much about are the games that are "free" but then make money off of micro-transactions. Once you get a huge install base, there are all kinds of ways to make money. Perhaps it's a valid analogy.
Android's only outselling iOS in the US, and only since October — iOS still has a 4:1 or 5:1 edge on installed base.
That'll shift over time, of course, but I don't know anyone who expects the iOS/Android revenue split to follow it in short order. Who buys apps for a phone that was dropped out of a blimp?