[Mashable] iPhone Twitter Client for the Hello Kitty Fans

For a long time, we’ve been overwhelmed with the number of Twitter clients (apps) out there for our picks – TweetDeck, Twitterrific, Twittelator, Echofon, Seesmic, and Tweetie (now known as Twitter for the iPhone), just to name a few popular ones. Well, I guess that doesn’t stop developers from giving birth to even more Twitter clients. Here’s one more for a niche market – Twitter for the Hello Kitty fans! Thanks to Mashable for sharing this interesting app. 🙂

Image Source: Mashable

Image Source: Mashable

Image Source: Mashable

Image Source: Mashable

Some features highlight…

• Basic Twitter functions and interface works just like Tweetie
• Embeddable deco-images – these are basically animated Hello Kitty icons viewed natively in the app or via a hyperlink for other users
• Customizable gesture controls – eg. swipe right for @reply (default)
• Changeable app backgrounds
• Supports both English and Japanese

Get the app?

Search for ”Hello Kitty on Tappit” in the AppStore or click here. The app costs US$3.99.

Read original article on Mashable.

R.T

[Mashable] Share iPhone Apps Easily with AppSnap

Here’s a handy app featured on Mashable’s Spark of Genius series today.

Ever got a great app that you want to tell your friends about? Or a friend recommended an app to you but you just can’t seem to find the right one on the App Store? (App search can get complicated if you have different region stores selected or misspellings etc.) Now you can do all that easily (and trouble-free) with a snap!

AppSnap allows you to search for an app in the App Store with just a snapshot of the app icon (whether it’s on another iPhone or on a computer). The app will scan the image and return a list of matching apps, which you can then choose to install or share with friends via Email, Twitter, and Facebook.

Image Source: Mashable

Image Source: Mashable

Read original article on Mashable.

Of course, such an app does not come for free. AppSnap costs US$1.99 on the App Store. Mmm.. certainly a “could have” app – a smart tool at an affordable price. Personally, I am dubious about buying apps that I know I’m likely to use once every few months. So you will have to judge for yourselves, always ask yourself these questions – Do I need it? How badly do I need it? Is the price justified against my needs?

[Share] Latest iPad Special Report from Distimo

Just as I mentioned that it would be interesting to do a comparison view of iPad apps to iPhone apps today, here’s a brief one from Distimo.

There are over 2000 apps (already) for the iPad. And while Gaming apps continue to lead the app market, it appears that iPad just spiked another height in the Apple App Store – leading apps share by 35% which is 24% more than the next-in-line category, Entertainment apps.

Some graphs from the report comparing the iPhone vs. iPad app market:

A nice large touch-screen and Kindle-killer features – it’s no wonder that Books, Lifestyle, News, and Productivity app are more popular on the iPad than on iPhone. But does the iPad open up another realm of the app world? Perhaps this report can strike some inspiration for your next Top 100 Apple app.

Download the full report here.

R.T

[Share] iPhone App Store Secrets from Pinch Media

Pinch Media has put together some juicy graphs for iPhone app developers! This report talks about user behavior trends for different types of apps (paid, free, category) and also how pricing affects an app’s performance on the App Store.

Great information that not only can help to push downloads for your existing iPhone apps, but also serve as a good reference on how you may want to design your app (user interactions and engagement) based on the type of app you are developing.

Well, now that iPad is official, it will be interesting to see a iPhone vs. iPad comparison. Enjoy for now!

R.T

The Apple App Store Economy – Are current paid apps overpriced or underpriced?

Source: The Apple App Store Economy, 12 Jan 2010 [GigaOM]

Very nice infographic done by GigaOM! They also pointed out an interesting fact:

Indeed, three-quarters of the apps in the App Store are “paid apps,” which was used to calculate the average app price and the subsequent revenue figures in the previous version. However, only one-quarter of the apps actually downloaded are “paid apps,” so the average price per transaction (paid + free downloads) is actually much lower than the average app price in the store.