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From all the startups I’ve seen, Distimo is probably the one that will most likely succeed. They provide developers with free tools for analyzing their mobile applications’ performance across application stores. All major app stores are supported, allowing developers to see how their work performs across platforms and stores. You could think of it as a Google Analytics for mobile applications.
Using Distimo developers can not only see their numbers (number of downloads and revenue generated), but also how their competitors stack. All this is done through a web environment, where they present numbers and charts.
The trick is in collecting generally available data from the app stores and combining it with the data developers get from app stores to create a usable report.
Finally, when they have enough developers on board — and they’ll certainly have as they offer valuable service for free — all that data is compiled in a report big companies want. As a matter of fact, they already sold one such report!
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
