http://theappencypress.com/2009/11/01/is-your-app-ready-for-the-far-east/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Professional Mobile Application Marketing Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://theappencypress.com/2009/11/01/is-your-app-ready-for-the-far-east/comment-page-1/#comment-84 aaronwatkins Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:03 +0000 http://theappencypress.com/?p=544#comment-84 PhotoHound - its true there has been a large amount of piracy in the Chinese market due to the phone not being available. It makes sense however - when only the technophiles have the device because they got it gray market, it makes sense that they would also be shady enough to pirate the apps. With the release of the iPhone to the 500 Million people strong general public, you will see a shift from under the table activity to over the table activity. PhotoHound – its true there has been a large amount of piracy in the Chinese market due to the phone not being available. It makes sense however – when only the technophiles have the device because they got it gray market, it makes sense that they would also be shady enough to pirate the apps. With the release of the iPhone to the 500 Million people strong general public, you will see a shift from under the table activity to over the table activity.

]]> http://theappencypress.com/2009/11/01/is-your-app-ready-for-the-far-east/comment-page-1/#comment-82 PhotoHound Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:55 +0000 http://theappencypress.com/?p=544#comment-82 There is one major issue that this article leaves out, which is the level of piracy in China. I have heard that it is extremely high and that almost all iPhones are jailbroken and almost all app purchases are pirated. The few developers I have talked to say they have almost zero sales in China. It seems a mistake to create a Chinese translation if it just encourages more pirating. Do you have any statistics on this? Things may change once legitimate phones are sold, but at the moment it may not be a real market for apps. There is one major issue that this article leaves out, which is the level of piracy in China. I have heard that it is extremely high and that almost all iPhones are jailbroken and almost all app purchases are pirated. The few developers I have talked to say they have almost zero sales in China. It seems a mistake to create a Chinese translation if it just encourages more pirating. Do you have any statistics on this? Things may change once legitimate phones are sold, but at the moment it may not be a real market for apps.

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