Episode 16
recorded May 20, 2011
Running time: 45 minutes
Welcome to Two Guys on Mobile. A weekly web show that focuses on the key stories that are driving our industry. Your hosts are Jeff Bacon and Rob Woodbridge – two mobile industry veterans who bring insight, perspective and expertise to the show each and every week.
Hosts:
Rob Woodbridge
Jeff Bacon
This week:
Popcap has signed an exclusive deal to launch two new Android titles on Amazon’s Android store – Chuzzle and Plants versus Zombies. Is this a perfect example of great retail smarts (Amazon) trumping great engineering smarts (Google)?
With the rumours floating around about Microsoft buying the mobile arm of Nokia we look at what the powerful combination of Microsoft, SKYPE and Nokia would mean for our industry, the impact on carriers and some of the pros and cons of such a huge move.
We finish off with a discussion about building a free version of a paid app with some advice on different strategies we have implemented over the years to ensure success in the app market place.
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