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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
ADM Podcasting survey
Robert Scoble - 85,000 reasons why iPhone isn't going to be disrupted
NASDAQ Launches iPhone App
Cult of Mac - Blackra1n RC2 is released
WashingtonPost.com - The problem with iPhone Killers
TUAW - Telus to start iPhone Sales on November 5th
The Guardian - Orange to sell iPhones
iPhone Atlas - Best iPhone Costumes Ever
Apple App store break the 100,000 approved mark
Apple shops tablet around Australia
CNET - Survey shows iPhone threatens blackberry
Reuters - Nokia Apple fight to last more than 1 year
PC World - How long until Droid overtakes the iPhone?
AVForums - iPod touch will not sync with Windows 7
San Jose Mercury News - Why I was wrong about googles Android
Gizmodo - No more Apple products this Year
Analyst says Apple to ink Verizon iPhone deal next year (BS)

NPR - Will the rise of Android come at the expense of the iPhone
PC World - Why Verizon's Droid isn't an iPhone Killer
MacWorld - New iPhone App Translates English into Spanish as you speak
InternetNews.com - Why the iPhone isn't going anywhere
Apple and AT&T hit with another MMS class action suit
Mac Rumors - iPhone Launches in China
Mobilecrunch - iPhone 3GS vs Droid
The Register - Wintel 7 machines freeze out iPhone
iPhone Atlas - iPhone OS 3.1.2 unlock arrives Nov 4th


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
eBizCardz - Sponsor
PhotoPainter
Photogene
NASDAQ Portfolio Manager
Jibbigo
Holy bible App
YouMail App
Navigon



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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Online Survey - PLEASE TAKE

AllThingsD - Analys - iPhone Sales in China Disappointing
PC World - Singapore's M1 to start selling the iPhone
Pepsi release iPhone App to help Men "Score" with women
Dev-Tem - Pwnage Pie - jailbreaking 3.1.2
ABC News - Is Pepsi's new iPhone App in poor taste
Mac Rumors - Apple developing FM radio App for iPhone
Apple Reports Quarterly results
Wired.com - False Alarm - New iPhone 3GS not jailbreak-proof
In-App Purchase is coming to free iPhone Apps
AllthingsD - Demand for iPhone exceeds supply
Youtube - iDon't Ad
Droid Does and iPhone with Jailbreak does too.
Podcasting News - ReelDirector brings real video editing to iPhone
TechCrunch - iPhone Charts
Redmond Pie - Enable Tethering on iPhone 3GS 3.1.2
NYTimes - Where's the Freight
Google Wave's already works on the iPhone
Big-Pan JPG
The iPhone Blog Forums - Windows 7 string
Marketwatch - Nokia suing Apple
ABC News - Pepsi Pulls iPhone App
iPhone 3GS taped to an RC Plane
Mac News - Apple is saving best for last
Wireless Week - Ballmer dismisses iPhone
CNN - How to learn a foreign language online
Destsche Welle - German Podcasts
iPhone Apps - How to download language lists onto iPhone
Sequia Capital invests in Bump Technologies
YouTube - iDon't Care


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
Tii App
iFreak
Vonage Mobile App
Cardbank
ReelDirector
Navigon
Autostitch
Snapture
BeerCompass  review by Sally at Travel by the Pint
AT&T TL92328


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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Youtube - T-Pain Obama Auto-Tune
FTC - Bloggers must disclose payment for reviews
CNET Reviews - Seatbuddy hangs iPhones
Bell, Telus confirm iPhone Launches
Telus - iPhone Page
On the iPhone - GeoHot Post
NY Times - AT&T reverses its policy on VoIP calls
Newsweek - iPhone App Store Developers aren't getting rich
Super Charger - Gigantic iPhone Charger
MacWorld - Apple releases iPhone software 3.1.2
Vonage Mobile released for iPhone
Apple Tablet PC manufactured by Foxconn
AT&T CEO has ominous words for iPhone users at CTIA
JD Power - iPhone kicks butt again
CRN - Google Android has momentum
NY Times - AT&T does the right thing
SFGATE - Photoshop Mobile comes to iPhone
GeoHot releases BlackRa1n jailbreak for 3.1.2
Redmond Pie - Jailbreak for 3.1.2
Tweetie2 and the app store dilemma
GEDblog - Losing iReligion
Marco.org - The Two App Stores
T-mobile - Sidekick looses data


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
Hearts - Review by Kevin Crossman
I am T-Pain
Awesome Keyboard
Phone View
Quick Voice 2
Photoshop Mobile
Shopper
Grocery IQ
Grocery Gadget
Vonage Mobile
Tweetie 2
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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Youtube - How to enable mms on iPhone 3G / 3GS on 3.0 and 3.0.1
Apple Support - Unresponsive iPhone v3.1
T-mobile Forums - T-Zones
Mophie - iPhone Battery cable recall
iPhone Hacks - Apple Approve 0870 iPhone app after 429 days
iPhone mms - AT&T quotes
PC World - Orange to sell iPhone in UK
Yahoo Finance - Apple's App store downloads top 2 Billion
PC World - China Unicom offers more iPhone pricing details
iLounge - Tablet rumors
Wired.com - Bionic Eye
YouTube - How to install Spinboard
Dropbox - Get the Dropbox iPhone App
PC World - 5 Apps for finding iPhone Apps
iPhone Developer steals customers phone numbers
iPhone Obsessed
Audiko - creating free iPhone ringtones
iPhone Atlas - PandoraBox
PC World - Apple and google breaking up over iPhone maps?
Ars Technica - iPhone dropped calls
Wired.com - GPS Add on Case for iPod Touch
AppleInsider - iPhone exapnsion predicted
Information Week - Man threatens his own iPhone with Gun
How to Sync your iPod Touch / iPhone with Linux
Google Maps for iPhone now serving up Ads
Dev-Tem Blog - All aboard the update train
NYTimes - The quest continues for a tablet PC
Chris Marquardt - Unfreezing iPhone 3G on v3.1



Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
Sketchbook by Autodesk
Camena
Ping
CBS EyeMobile
Bionic Eye

Dropbox
Spinboard - Cydia
Instaplaylist
Pandorabox
Pass the Buck
ooTunes


Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:

Getting moisture out of your iPhone / iPod Touch
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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Techgeist - Apple iPhone Abuse detection sensors
iPhone Hacks - Step by Step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G on OS 3.1
CRN - Apple gives developers roadmap to app aproval
Infoworld - 7 Myths about iPhone Exchange Policies
9to5 Mac - Apple Investigate iPhone Battery Life
Mac Rumors - Leaked iPod Touch Camera Photos were Real
Fortune - Apple Approved 1,394 Apps on Sept 18th
iTunes 9.0.1 now in Software Update
MacWorld - Push Gmail now available on iPhone
Wired - The Dev that came in from the cold
CNET - South Korea welcomes iPhone
Gizmodo - Microsoft Courier Tablet
Mac Rumors - Surveys point to iPhone Sales Momentum
BenM - HowTo Downgrade firmware 3.1
PC World- Yes US iPhone Apps are legal for Business use
Speedtest.net
iPhone and iPod Touch Games - Ant Hill
The iPhone Blog - Google Sync - Push Gmail
AdMob Metrics - iPhone OS Adoption
CNET - AT&T Gives time frame for MMS launch
PC World - AT&T Nervous but ready for MMS
PC World - How could iPhone MMS AT&T's Network?


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
WAZE
Airports 4 Pilots
iFile
ookla - Speed Test
Ant Hill
Snapture
Yi Jing
Rhapsody


Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:
Using GPS location function when not on 3G network
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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Appleinsider - New AT&T specific features rumored
The Register - AT&T tries to double iPhone 3G speeds
Rhapsody for iPhone - It's Live
AppleInsider - iPod Touch with Camera remains in Apples Pipeline
Rule No 1 - Hide the iPhone from Ballmer
Sharepod
Telegraph - iPhone users report problem with software update
The iPhone FAQ - Users report problems with software update
iPhone OS 3.1 Policy requirement error when adding Exchange
Information Week - iPhone developers see sales slump
Lioncourt.com - OS 3.1 comes with big accessibility Enhancements
CNET - Apple drops price of OS 3.1 for iPod Touch
iFixit - iPod touch 3rd generation teardown
Wired.com - Everything you wanted to know about iPhone 3.1
Techcrunch - Study Mobile users not keen on clicking ads
Gizmodo - Sprint CEO on Pre vs iPhone
Krillr.com - Tutorial MMS on iPhone OS 3.1
Youtube - iPhone 4G and home screen in landscape demo
TUAW - The Bookmark App
Apple - Support - Mysterious randon total shut downs
AT&T begins rolling out MMS for the iPhone
PC World - Novell Tool Opens iPhone to .net developers
TUAW - What exact processor is insider the new iPod Touch?
MacRumors - Apple Retail stores to gain dedicated iPhone activation areas
Joy of Tech - Why the iPod touch does not have a camera
Apple betrays the iPhone's business hopes
Apple to launch Tablet in Feb 2010
iTwinge - Real keyboard for iPhone
Information Week - Google Says Apple rejected Voice App
Redmond Pie - iPhone App ported to Zune HS in 12 hours
Chris NYC - QuickScroll2


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
Omnifocus  review by Sally at Travel by the Pint
Kayak
Sharepod
Rainbow Ninja - Review by Eric at iPhone15
PicFree
Navigon
The Bookmark App
Line2
QuickScroll2 - Cydia
Rhapsody
Sleepbutton


Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:
Force quitting Apps 2G/3G vs. 3GS


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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Apple - iPhone Software Update
PC Mag - C64 emulator yanked from the App Store
Gizmodo - Liveblog - 9/9/9 event
Apple Insider - Apple unveils 64 GB iPod Touch
PC Mag - The Apple Backlash
NYTimes - Q&A with Steve Jobs


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
i-Funbox
YamiPod
Music Liberator
Madden 2010 NFL App
NFL 2010 - Gameloft
Sleep Button
Score em

Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:
How to transfer media files from your iPhone to new computer / hard drive


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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Podcasting News - The new Associated Press
24/7 Wall Street - For AT&T the iPhone is a bust
ZDNET - Analyst: Apple to offer iPhone on US carriers within a year
Businessweek - Apple Sept 9 event officially confirmed
PC World - Apples Sept 9 event 5 hot bets
Fast Company - 4 ways to make your iPhone Invincible
Apple - Message List iPhone 3GS screen freeze
AT&T - Forums on 3GS screen freeze
Cult of Mac - More evidence that snow leopard is a touchscreen OS
Surge for iPhone 3G and 3GS plus iPod touch
NJ.com - Rumor Mill makes cider out of Apple
9to5 Mac - iPhone 3.1 to ship next week
AT&T - Media kit - iPhone 3GS
Movie set to premiere on iPhone and iPod touch
RWW - Loopt launches first always on app
PC World - AT&T response to iPhone MMS irritation
Touch Arcade - C64 Emulator approved by Apple
Marco.org - iPod Touch predictions
IntoMobile - Spotify mobile now available in select countries
CNN / Fortune - Is the iPhone really the Paris Hilton of Mobile Phones?
9 to 5 Mac - iPod Touch with camera delayed?

Hardware Reviewed in this Episode:
Voyager 855 by Plantronics

Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
Tii App
Loopt
Spotify
FWIX
Civilation Revolution
C64 Emulator - UPDATE now it is off the App store
NFL 2010 - Gameloft
Phone View


Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:
How to change the broken glass on your iPhone 2G
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When Apple made podcasting available on iTunes v4.9 back in the summer of 2005, Derek from Skepticality, myself and a few others tried to figure out Apple’s algorithm for ranking podcasts.  Thanks to an early bug in iTunes where you could unsubscribe and re-subscribe it allowed us to pick a few obscure podcasts and drive them up in the rankings and then see how long it took for them to drop and at what rate.  We were able to figure out that it was a seven day average with some weighted average put up front.  When Apple added Apps to iTunes and had a top 100 ranking I figured they probably were using the same or similar algorithm for rankings.  But to test my theory I needed an app in the app store and last month I was able to get the App for the Today in iPhone Podcast approved and in the App store.  The following is a graph charting the daily sales of the App vs the Peak ranking during that day in the Paid Productivity category.  



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As expected the peak day for sales did not match up with the peak day for app ranking.  I tried plotting a weighted average with a few different formulas until I came to one that matched up pretty well and is a very simple algorithm. I am of the belief that simple answers are usually the correct ones – Some barber from the 14th century first figured that out.  The formula I found that matches up best to the movement of the Tii App in the rankings is:

(D1+D1+D1+D1+D2+D2+D2+D3+D3+D4+D5+D6+D7)/13

With D1 being the number of sales in the past 24 hours, D2 being the number of sales from 25 to 48 hours ago and so on.  

Granted you can’t prove this formula 100% as the actual rankings are also influenced by how well or not so well other apps around you are doing.  In other words you could hold your sales steady for two weeks straight and still see your App move up and down in the rankings as other apps around you have fluctuations.  That said when I plot the weighted average using the formula above vs. peak daily ranking you get the graph below:



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As you can see it does match up pretty well.  So why do all this? Well one thing I am a geek and I love doing things like this.  But more importantly it tells you the importance of when you plan a PR / Marketing blitz for your app that you need to focus it almost all in a week’s period of time.  Don’t plan on doing one thing this weekend and another the weekend after and a third the weekend after that. Yes on going PR / Marketing is important as well, but you really need to do the majority of your PR / Marketing blitz in the first few days after you say go.  That is when you will get your best results for your efforts.  Don’t get me wrong I am not saying don’t bother doing PR and marketing after the first week - just that if you have a few “big things” planned make sure they happen at the same time.

Questions / Comments are welcome below - Spam is not.

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Links Mentioned in this Episode:
The Register - Apple blogger legally unlocks iPhone
Awaiting Inspiration - Record iPhone Calls
InformationWeek - AT&T Mandates Data Plans for smartphones
WSJ - Jobs back at Apple focuses on new tablet
Techcrunch - Apple will approve Rhapsody's iPhone App
Poyner Online - AI's Morning Meeting
GigaOhm - How big is the Apple iPhone App Economy?
Mac Rumors - iPod Touch, Nano and Classic to get 3.2 MPix Camera
Reuters - French official to talk iPhone troubles with Apple
FreeAppAlert - Free iPhone apps that were paid iPhone Apps
Cheating the App Store - PR firm posts fake reviews
CNN - China Unicom to Launch 2 Versions of 3G iPhone in China
Business Insider - Apple's China iPhone deal not exclusive
Gizmodo - Apple may be working on XL Tablets running full Mac OS X
iLounge News - Apple Forcing removal of "free memory" app feature
London Bus Gives you a third eye
InformationWeek - Speech to Text coming to iPhone?
The iPhone FAQ - Apple Media Touch Tablet
GigaOhm - The iPhone App Market Size Debate
Gizmodo - Are iPhone really exploding all over the world?
CNET - Apple says its not to blame for "exploding" iPhones
CNET - Apple AT&T face yet another iPhone MMS lawsuit
Bjango - iStat Help
Victim uses GPS to track down robbers
Engadget - Maybe that iPod Touch with a camera is real after all


Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode:
QuickVoice2Text
Navigon USA
GMAP US East
Tom Tom US and Canada
CoPilot
Motion X GPS
Yelp
London Bus


Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip:
How to easily move up to 4 apps at a time from screen to screen

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