Are you sure? Why not? And why should iPhone customers be any different? My point being what if the 6300 (or any other handset) had an exact copy of the iPhone interface – by which I mean app discovery and use was as easy and pleasant as it is on the iPhone? I don't see how you can possibly make your assertion unless you can prove (or convincingly assert) that iPhone customers are drawn from a pool of people pre-destined to try and buy apps.

Sure people are attracted to one handset or another depending on various factors like easy of use, style etc. But if you make it nice enough and easy enough to try and buy apps on ANY phone, you will see significant numbers of people trying and buying. And if you make the actual app experience as good as those on iPhone, then I see no reason these numbers of triers and buyers should not come close or equal to iPhone.

Now, the upshot of all this is that if you have a great (possibly touch) interface to the app store (see the Visiarc deocuments demo video in the recent news on this site for proof S60 can be on a par with iPhone in this regard) then there is no reason something like Ovi Store can not give developers a huge potential userbase. And way above 2%. Of 300-400 million new customers a year. Yes, seriously. If the ingredients are right, the recipe will work. And this is not an all or nothing scenario. If the ingredients are partly right, the recipe will still work partly. And way above 2%.

This 2% thing sounds to me a bit like the boss of IBM saying there would only be a demand for maybe 5 computers in the whole world. Don't underestimate demand if things are presented and done in the right way.

Alex
phonething.com

Are you sure? Why not? And why should iPhone customers be any different? My point being what if the 6300 (or any other handset) had an exact copy of the iPhone interface – by which I mean app discovery and use was as easy and pleasant as it is on the iPhone? I don't see how you can possibly make your assertion unless you can prove (or convincingly assert) that iPhone customers are drawn from a pool of people pre-destined to try and buy apps.

Sure people are attracted to one handset or another depending on various factors like easy of use, style etc. But if you make it nice enough and easy enough to try and buy apps on ANY phone, you will see significant numbers of people trying and buying. And if you make the actual app experience as good as those on iPhone, then I see no reason these numbers of triers and buyers should not come close or equal to iPhone.

Now, the upshot of all this is that if you have a great (possibly touch) interface to the app store (see the Visiarc deocuments demo video in the recent news on this site for proof S60 can be on a par with iPhone in this regard) then there is no reason something like Ovi Store can not give developers a huge potential userbase. And way above 2%. Of 300-400 million new customers a year. Yes, seriously. If the ingredients are right, the recipe will work. And this is not an all or nothing scenario. If the ingredients are partly right, the recipe will still work partly. And way above 2%.

This 2% thing sounds to me a bit like the boss of IBM saying there would only be a demand for maybe 5 computers in the whole world. Don't underestimate demand if things are presented and done in the right way.

Alex
phonething.com