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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
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:48am EDT
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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.

Category:breaking news -- posted at: 10:56am EDT
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