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How does Rovio (Angry Birds) make money?

How does an iPhone developer like Rovio make any money with a free app
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iPhone development startup

I have a business iPhone development proposition to someone who is willing to partner. No pay is offered up front, we would both be sacrificing our time to build something big - the rewards are there ...
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How long would my previous employer have to sue me, claiming intellectual property rights on an iPhone app I wrote?

I was reading this thread - If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? It has some great answers to a question I felt ...
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Units sold data on Iphone apps? Where do I find it?

I researching the number of units sold of four particular Iphone apps. Any body know where I can find this information?
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develop a server based games across platforms including iphone, android, WP7

programming is my hobby and I am not ready to leave my other profession yet. I have developed few windows applications, mostly on VB, some small scripts in python, C++, and so...never touched java or ...
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Ideal iPhone App Developer Team

I'm planning to develop an iPhone application that will connect to facebook and our own company website. I know that I will need a developer for this. But what's the ideal team to get this kind of ...
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What is Apple doing to encourage native iPhone apps above web-apps?

Is Apple taking any steps to encourage users and developers to use native iPhone apps instead of web-based apps? Web-app with iPhone support seem like a way to "cheat" the app store, so I would like ...
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What if someone copies my web app idea and makes an iPhone app out of it?

So say I have a new "simple" web app idea and it somehow becomes very popular after days of its launch. I don't have the funding to make an iPhone app of the site and someone makes one before I do. ...
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How to share income of selling iPhone apps with a friend/partner

I plan to develop an iPhone app with my friend. Each of us is specialized in different parts of the app. For example, I am responsible for interface design and server-side programming while my friend ...
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Sign up for iOS dev. program using DBA?

I've heard some horror stories about this. Is it really that hard to sign up for the iOS developer program and have the seller's name be your business name if you have a DBA? I've heard many say it ...
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Switching to business membership for iPhone development

I am close to being done with my first iPhone app. I applied for a DBA but I signed up for an individual membership to the apple developer program (haven't received either yet). Is it possible to ...
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Working on localizing my iPhone app's content, but how do I handle customer support?

Although my iPhone app is currently written in English, I see a lot of purchases from non-English speaking countries. These purchases would almost certainly go up if the app was available in other ...
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next?

Maybe someone has experience with this? I've been mulling this idea for an app that would really show off what's possible with a tablet like the iPad. It doesn't exist yet, and I want it to. I'm ...
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Getting funding for marketing an iPhone app

I have almost finished developing an iPhone app which I feel has a lot of potential. The problem is I have no money, and I am pretty clueless about marketing. So I feel if I tried to release it by ...
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iPhone Development as individual or business?

I'm fixing to register as an iPhone developer and making the decision of registering as an individual or business. I will be the sole developer with maybe contracting someone to do some graphic ...
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Pricing for iphone app?

We are developing an iphone app for business but we are finding it very hard to put a price to the app? Does anyone know a rule of thumb, have examples or have any tips on what we could charge. I know ...
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iPhone App Idea: Will it work?

I've been developing my first iPhone app for awhile. Mostly for learning purposes. I'm starting to have some other app ideas and am wondering if I should start developing those or go ahead and finish ...
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need help determining idea's worth

My friend and I are currently developing an iPhone app, it's very challenging and we may have to outsource the development of some core features, which is going to cost a lot. the problem is that we ...
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Book on MP3 / Videos / PDF's in iTunes?

Does anyone know how to get books on MP3 or videos listed for sale in iTunes? How about PDF's of books for the iPad or iPhone?
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Replace my uploaded iPhone app with a different one?

I released an iPhone running app two weeks ago. When I discovered a bug that only cropped up in the App Store version, I immediately pulled it from sale. Sold maybe 3 copies before I spotted the ...
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Feasibility of this type of iPhone app

Let's say I create a mobile application that contains a "Top 100" list of local restaurants. Value-adds may include directions, integration with OpenTable, and links to the restaurant menu, among ...
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How long to embargo an app review?

I'm nearing version 1 for my first iPhone app. I've never done this before and I'm trying to plan the release. I expect a few days (if I'm lucky) in the App Store review process. Afterwards, I plan ...
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Mobile app development & training

I am Shailendra Sinhasane, founder of startup MobisoftInfotech.com mobile application development company. We do iphone & android development currently and planning to expand to major platforms. ...
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Facebook Connect on iPhone

I have an idea for an app that lets you view your twitter timeline and facebook stream in the same iPhone app. There is much more to the app than that, but I'm wondering why you don't find any app on ...
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iPhone apps - enterprise market

How is the trend for Enterprise iPhone apps? We currently have a client base consisting of startups and individuals where we develop all kinds of app (utility tools / entertainment / etc.). Any ...

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