One Comment to “Verizon Gives Up on Brew – Now Wants Its Own App Store…”

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   Posted by: DavidB

   July 15, 2009 at 7:03 am EST

   The Brew being dumped is old news R.

   I think not including App World on the home screen of every device is a mistake on RIM’s part and just shows once again that the CARRIER is the customer, NOT the consumer! Remember that RIM revenues are what, like 85% from hardware? And since the carriers subsidize the heck out of the hardware they sell (consumer pays half or less unless buying without contract) you have to see that RIM must cater to what the carrier wants. ATT wants to be able to push a bunch of craptastic garbage to your hone screen, RIM lets it happen. App World generates no revenue for Verizon, so why would they promote it versus their own app store that DOES generate revenue?

   It sucks, yeah, a company has to make money. I guess they look at App World and see no compelling reason to offer it. It just COSTS them money.

   So we picking on Verizon here…what other carrier IS including App World? It CAN be pushed via service book yet we’ve not heard of any carrier doing so, but we beat up Verizon?

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