[Zigurd]

I write about Android app development and consult to developers of mobile apps. It is still a tough business to make money selling mobile apps at app store retail prices. All of my clients have some other business model.

BUT this is changing. The number of app customers is growing very quickly. Eventually, perhaps soon-ish, volume will overwhelm the currently crappy economics of selling apps and collecting ad fees.

Ubiquity of smartphones is more than just more customers. Once penetration gets high enough you can actually buy advertising and PR and expect it to work. More users drive a virtuous cycle that cures most of what's wrong with trying to sell mobile apps.