I am thinking of a system where potentially successful apps are identified in a way that is independent of sales volume and recommendations.
— My colleague Karl von Randow, author of Mobile Fotos and other apps, suggests a possible approach to identifying iPhone apps that are on the verge of hitting the big time, and promoting them alongside Apple’s top app lists. The current app store model is largely a closed loop, with top listed apps benefitting from their own celebrity, and new apps relying on massive groundswell — via networks like Twitter — to gain traction. I like the idea of this, and the potential for more revenue to developers (and Apple) is win-win.
