Comments on: mjelly creates mobile apps search engine

By: james (mjelly)

james (mjelly) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:54:44 +0000

I am a massive fan of getjar – in fact, we’d love to plug into getjar to drive users to their site to download the apps. (Bill i may give you a call!) Phoload.com, which was featured in TCUK a while ago is probably more similar in features, as well as sites like handango or mobihand.

By: Bill Scott, VP Sales/BD at GetJar

Bill Scott, VP Sales/BD at GetJar — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:48:57 +0000

Guys, we think it’s great that mjelly is helping people discover how to download mobile apps. Our developers will appreciate it. We’ve worked very hard for years to prefect the download experience through our website and wap site (and through App Stores that we’re building for mobile operators), but we’re always trying to improve our UI, so if you have comments please post them on the GetJar Forum. To clarify, GetJar has over 16 million downloads/month now. GetJar hosts Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm, and Flash Lite apps. Android apps are coming soon. For the record, we do host Google Maps for Mobile in our data center. All downloads from GetJar are hosted by GetJar.

By: james (mjelly)

james (mjelly) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:52:49 +0000

Hey Sam – thanks for the comment – you are right, we are focusing on the navigation and discovery part of the user experience at the moment and will look to start hosting apps ourselves over time as we build out the platform. It might be a good idea for us to flag to the user that they are going to a third party site for the download so thanks for the constructive input.

By: Sam Judd

Sam Judd — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:43:05 +0000

You say that: “mjelly provides a free applications download service for mobile software, similar to the iphone app store, but available for a wider range of phones such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola.”

I am not sure this is correct, as this implies that they host the apps for download. I had a go at the site… whenever I navigated to an app and clicked ‘Download App’, it took me to an external download page belonging to the owner of the app – e.g. I clicked to download the Google maps application and it took me to the Google website.

So it is not a “free applications download service” and so does not handle compatibility issues and the user will have a different user experience for the download at each external site they visit.

Having said all that, there is a place for a link directory for mobile apps with Digg functionality, and I really do like the interface on the mobile site.

By: james

james — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:26:01 +0000

Mike, thanks for the post and the useful comments. We piloted the platform with ringtones and have had quite a lot of ratings for the best ones so the ranking system should start to make a bit more sense over time. We’ve deliberately made the web interface very simple, inspired by the early de.licio.us look and feel, and to leave room for new features. Shouts to Stu and Alan for being developer rockstars – looking forward to adding some new stuff we have planned for the site.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:10:45 +0000

you can browse iphone appstore without itunes here http://app-store.appspot.com