The iPhone / iPad hype is now reaching its peak, with a flood over 100,000 applications to the iPhone App store, and a closed financial system controlled by Apple, the market is effectively closed to new entrants. “What?” You say, “have you gone mad? Apple has the lowest barriers to entry and easiest monetisation of any platform, surely the ride has just begun!”. We’ll I disagree. The ride has indeed begun, but only for a very select few. Those few have some key attributes and are already in the market. So, basically, I don’t think a new entrant can, after today, come to dominate the App space. Well, not without $100m and some serious luck.   more »