image courtesy Apple According to local news reports, hundreds of people camped outside a discount store in San Marcos, California hoping to buy 8G iPod nanos for $0.99 cents. Matt Roberts told TV station San Diego 6 he waited 26 hours to be the first of the lucky nine customers who got the device at a $148 discount as part of grand opening celebration for a 99¢ Only Store. The eight guys behind him eyed each other  for stamina; if none dropped out after the overnight vigil, the rest of the folks in the parking lot got scooters, DVDs and computer mice for a buck. If you’ve got the staying power and are short on cash, check out the openings of 99¢ Only Stores or follow their Twitter feed , they’ve been running the iPod scheme to celebrate new stores for months now. Wonder if people would do that for a Zune… Via San Diego 6 This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp .

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Worth the Wait? 26 Hours for a $0.99 iPod Nano

Section: iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone + Communications , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps Originally planned for one week only, Ambrosia Software is now putting all of its iPhone/iPod Touch games on sale for 99 cents throughout the entire month of December. The sale comprises the following games: Aki Mahjong , normally $4.99, combines the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong with an enchanting journey across Japan. The game is easy to learn, with beautifully detailed game pieces and backgrounds, as well as a sophisticated soundtrack. mondo Solitaire offers over 100 games and more than 200 combinations of gameplay. Crisp, customizable graphics combine with clever enhancements like an on-screen magnifying glass make gameplay intuitive and smooth. mondo Solitaire regularly sells for $9.99. Mr. Sudoku lets you draw your desired number right on the screen, then tap to place it where you want it on the game board. Mr. Sudoku offers four levels of difficulty and thousands of Sudoku puzzles from which to choose. Mr. Sudoku is regularly $4.99. Products [ Ambrosia games for iPhone/iPod touch ] Full Story » | Written by Kirk Hiner for Appletell . | Comment on this Article »

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Odds and ends , Apple , Developer , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch Marco over on the Instapaper blog (which, of course, is the blog of the app Instapaper ), posted a really interesting commentary recently on a subject we’ve been following since the beginning: App Store pricing . As we’ve said before, it’s a strange thing — developers want higher prices so that they can put more effort into making iPhone apps better. But customers have a perception already that anything above $5 in the App Store just isn’t worth it . So Marco offers his take: he’s been selling an app in the store for $9.99, and it’s going just fine. He has tips for how developers can sell their own apps for a higher price, and he settles on some good compromises for everybody: deliver a real value with your app (as economists know, an app is worth what people are wiling to pay for it, so if you produce an app that is worth $10, people will happily spend that much). Respect yourself as a developer, and don’t cower to cheapskates (some people won’t be happy with anything, even when it’s free). And perhaps most importantly: offer a free version . That last one may be the key — our own Michael Rose was sold on Instapaper only when he tried it out. More and more, I’m thinking that it was a major mistake on Apple’s part not to allow developers to easily offer demos and upgrades in the same app — people are willing to spend money on an app that’s worth it, but not if they aren’t sure, and trying it goes a long way to making sure. I’m not in favor of app store developers banding together to raise prices , but Marco is right: if you make an app that’s worth $10 and put it on the App Store for $9.99 (with an easy way to demo it out), people will come and buy it. How to sell an iPhone app for $9.99 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . How to sell an iPhone app for $9.99 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:46:00 EST

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