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To date,Apple has sold roughly forty million iPhones,with anadditional four million iPads being sold in the last few months alone.With sucha large installed base,by far the largest for any smart phone or tablet device,naturallythe audience is being aggressively targeted by Internet Marketing experts.Alongwith all of those devices are nearly a quarter of a million iPhone Apps.Initiallythought to be an incredible cash cow for developers,these apps have turned outto be a bit trickier than originally thought,in terms of turning a profit.Manyof the apps in the Apple app store are labeled as free,and can be easilydownloaded at no cost.Labeling an app as free does have certain undeniableadvantages.For starters,there is and will always be a large contingent of usersthat simply refuse to take a chance and pay for any apps.Additionally,free appsare given their own category in the app store,guaranteeing eyeballs will atleast glance at the title and brief description.Furthermore,free apps are mucheasier to disseminate to reviewers and bloggers,allowing the app a lot of freeand hassle-free coverage.However,with the advantages and opportunities freeapps bring to developers and Online Marketing companies,there remains somedrawbacks for consumers.In this article we will examine some ways in which freeiPhone apps trick the consumer into downloading an app and expecting an experiencethey do not always receive.Limited Functionality This is the classic trick wesee pulled with countless applications in all of the app stores.An app will belabeled as free,the user will download it and attempt to use it,only to learnthat the application is severely limited in functionality,and a cash payment isrequired to unlock the full use of the app.This is a common practice among appstores,but typically it is done with a certain degree of honesty.By labelingthe app as Cool App Lite, or Cool App Limited, the developer is sending a clearmessage to the user that this app is in some way lacking,and a full version isavailable that will provide them with full functionality.However,far too manytimes we see a case where the application is merely titled Cool App, withoutany indication that the user will be getting less than the complete experience.Indeveloping an iPhone App,many companies are taking a risk,both financially andto their reputation.An app that releases to chilly reviews can often leave alasting negative impression on a weary public.Additionally,with so many newapps being released every day,it is incredibly difficult for a single app todistinguish itself from the competition.With that said,there is no excuse for acompany to be less than completely forthcoming in their app title anddescription.Unlike in Search Engine Marketing,there does not appear to be anymonitoring of content promised versus content delivered.Still,if a particularapplication is limited,it should be clearly noted as such.To do otherwise notonly underestimates,but disrespects the very audience they are trying toengage. Article Tags: Internet Marketing
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