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iPhone App RunKeeper: Nice, Just Not Necessary

Posted on August 28, 2008

While Apple s television ads show off brawny and multilingual applications for the iPhone, the vast majority of those available in the much-ballyhooed app store seem to be glorified four-function calculators. Of course, just as the modern computer emerged from the simple electronic adding machine, many of these apps hold the potential to grow into something impressive. But when?This puts the app buyer in a tough spot who s going to shell out real money for something that doesn t do much now but perhaps, down the line, could evolve into a killer app? On the flip side, what s an app ...

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