Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms

Smartphone ownership is fast becoming a birth-right in the world of to-day. For developers, this opens up a whole new world of business opportunities where applications are being purchased every single day. Besides the multi billions of dol-lars spent each year on application purchases alone, consum...

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Main Authors:	Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong, Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin, M. A., Ameedeen
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2014
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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spelling	ump-69342018-01-18T04:03:28Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6934/ Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin M. A., Ameedeen QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Smartphone ownership is fast becoming a birth-right in the world of to-day. For developers, this opens up a whole new world of business opportunities where applications are being purchased every single day. Besides the multi billions of dol-lars spent each year on application purchases alone, consumers nowadays are facing an even newer trend; In-App Purchasing. In-App purchasing refers to a scenario where the initial applications are downloadable for free, however some additional functions or elements of the applications may be acquired within the applications for a small (or not so small) fee. This paper aims to review this trend and the guidelines that is applied to this phenomenon by the three main smartphone operating systems; iOS, Android and Windows. This would be done by highlighting the major strengths and weaknesses that each platform has to offer, as well as the common policies that are enforced across all three platforms. IEEE 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6934/1/Comparative_Analysis_of_Freemium_Policies_and_Procedure_between_Major_Mobile_Platforms.pdf Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong and Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin and M. A., Ameedeen (2014) Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms. In: International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2014), 27-29 August 2014 , Barcelona. pp. 431-436.. ISBN 978-1-4799-4357-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FiCloud.2014.77
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin M. A., Ameedeen Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
description	Smartphone ownership is fast becoming a birth-right in the world of to-day. For developers, this opens up a whole new world of business opportunities where applications are being purchased every single day. Besides the multi billions of dol-lars spent each year on application purchases alone, consumers nowadays are facing an even newer trend; In-App Purchasing. In-App purchasing refers to a scenario where the initial applications are downloadable for free, however some additional functions or elements of the applications may be acquired within the applications for a small (or not so small) fee. This paper aims to review this trend and the guidelines that is applied to this phenomenon by the three main smartphone operating systems; iOS, Android and Windows. This would be done by highlighting the major strengths and weaknesses that each platform has to offer, as well as the common policies that are enforced across all three platforms.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin M. A., Ameedeen
author_facet	Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong Imran Edzereiq, Kamarudin M. A., Ameedeen
author_sort	Muhamad Idaham, Umar Ong
title	Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
title_short	Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
title_full	Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
title_fullStr	Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
title_full_unstemmed	Comparative Analysis of Freemium Policies and Procedure between Major Mobile Platforms
title_sort	comparative analysis of freemium policies and procedure between major mobile platforms
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2014
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