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In my daily chatter I usually end up talking to an iPhone app dev or two. Inevitably, at some point in the conversation we start blabbing about features we’d like to see in the App Store. For I don’t know how long now (perhaps even since the App Store launch), devs have had one nagging feature request… Paid app upgrades. But not only straight-up paid-app upgrades, they also want the ability to offer the paid update, PLUS the ability to offer a discount for those that may own an older version of the app, i.e. ‘upgrade now for only $0.99!’
Long story short, app developer Fraser Speirs came across the dialog box you see above, a box that could be a sign of things to come. Such a feature addition would be huge for developers, as up until now they’ve had to work their way around the upgrade issue by offering multiple versions of apps (free or ‘Lite’, and ‘Full’ versions). There’s of course no telling if and when such an enhancement would be made for developers, but no doubt Apple is working on the issue.
Seems to me that something like this will make the developers more money. If the developers make more money, Apple makes more money. End of story. Apple is in it for the money, right? How come they haven’t implemented this yet?
What say you iPhone developers?
[Via: TUAW]
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James Falconer
James was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada. Almost 15 years ago he started out in the 'real world' as a web and graphic designer. Through the years he has finely tuned his skills in SEO, internet marketing, conversion strategy, and project management. To date, he runs his own successful consulting business where he advises companies all over the globe. A co-founder of www.crackberry.com, and sole proprietor of www.mactropolis.com, James in recent years has become very active in the tech blogosphere. Online community building and strategy is fast becoming one of his passions. Watch for James' no frills attitude, unique perspective and to-the-point comments here on IntoMobile!
