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These days every company has its own mobile application store - Nokia, Microsoft and Samsung have announced new stores in the last week or two - but what are punters actually looking for in an online store, and what's in it for the mobile developers? Desktop software made the transition to electronic delivery pretty quickly, …

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  1. David Pollard

    Re-intermediation?

    Just a decade or so ago the internet held out the promise that disintermediation would bring lower costs and greater choice, with the added hope for democratisation through the 'long tail'.

    So much for the free market! The big guys have won again.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Fat chance of 30% from Handmark

    Handmark gives their development partners 50% right now, not 30%, and the 50% is after the channel, credit card, and any other fees they can think of are taken out. Developers end up with UNDER 30% of each sale Handmark makes. Developers who sign up for their store should read the agreement VERY CAREFULLY. Anyone who expects 70% is going to be very disappointed.

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