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Re:The iOS and Android App Economies by albemuth on Thursday December 09, 2010 @05:51PM (#1989589)
"If Instagram were an Android exclusive rather than an iOS exclusive, would it have picked up 100,000 users in its first week and a million in its first month? No way, I say."

The Android version of Angry Birds got a million downloads on it's first day. Its existing hype and fandom obviously had a lot to do with that, but still don't see why the _No way_

Re:The iOS and Android App Economies by shawndumas on Friday December 10, 2010 @09:53AM (#1991773)
if angry birds were an android exclusive would you have seen 1 mil downloads the first day?