http://hothardware.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?s=46&o=DateDescending&tag=smart+phones,iTunes,user+reviews&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'smart phones', 'iTunes', and 'user reviews'en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/47046/351452.aspx#351452Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:33:49 GMTba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:351452ThorrenKoopmans<p>Lower cost iPhone is good news for sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.appboy.com&quot;&gt; http://www.appboy.com &lt;/a&gt; - as more people adopt smart phones, app sales are going to continue to go up and finding good apps is going to continue to become more difficult. Having sites out there that provide a social basis for finding applications is going to become increasingly important. </p> <p>User reviews and recommendations from a community will be the key to helping developers promote their applications. The iTunes app store is going to become nothing more than the clearing house through which the actual transaction occurs. Hopefully they open that up eventually, then we won&#39;t need to go there at all.</p>