Are iPhone Users Just Tight?

Companies developing software for the iPhone are seeing their creations drown in a sea of one-dollar mediocrity as they struggle to gain visibility in the increasingly cluttered Application Store, and some have taken their complaints to Steve himself.

In an open letter to the great man, successful developer Craig Hockenberry lays out his problems with the Application Store, and why his company can’t spare the resources to create proper iPhone applications.

This argument is taken up by AppCubby, who go further and reveal exactly how much it spent, and made, making and marketing an iPhone application–concluding that success depends on factors beyond its control and so it can’t be sure of any repetition.

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