Friday 26 April 2013

Drinki

Click the logo to get it on BlackBerry World

Have you ever needed a bottle of wine on short notice, but didn't know where to go?

Do you need a special event permit and don't know where to get one?

Are you up at the cottage and wondering exactly when the beer store closes?

Then Drinki is the app for you!

Now you can find the locations of LCBOs, Beer Stores, and Wine Racks all across the province. Search by city, GPS location, or just find the nearest open store. Then you can check its hours, find it on a map, and get driving directions all from the palm of your hand.

Searches happen completely offline so you don't waste time or bandwidth. Find a location as fast and as easily as possible, then save it to a list of favourites, so you can check it out even faster!

*This app is not endorsed by or affiliated with the LCBO, Beer Store, Wine Rack, or the Government of Ontario. Please drink responsibly.

Monday 1 April 2013

March Data

It's April, and that means my March download and sales data is ready to go.

Despite March having three more days than February, my overall downloads were down 7.3%. However, BB10 downloads increased from a 1.85% share to a 8.32% share of the overall number. More of my free apps were available for the platform in March and even more are available now, so I expect the share to increase with time.

In March, 72.5% of my BB10 downloads were on the Qualcomm GPU, 2.4% were on the Qualcomm GPU for Verizon, 24.2% were on the Imagination GPU, and the remainder went to Dev 10 devices.

Canada accounted for 43.6% of my BB10 downloads, followed by the US at 12.4%, the UK at 9.8% and India at 4.7%. Considering that the Z10 was only in wide release in the US for nine days, I find its numbers rather encouraging, and expect it to challenge Canada for the number one slot in April.

On the sales front, my overall app sales were down by 1.7%. However, the share of sales that went to BB10 devices increased from 22% to 38%, and BB10 app sales were up by 65%. 75% of sales were on Qualcomm GPU devices, with the rest going to Imagination GPU devices.

Canada accounted for 60% of my sales, followed by South Africa at 9%, the US at 7% and India, the UK, and Jamaica each with about 4%.

It would seem that the Playbook is continuing to die as a platform while BB10 is on the rise. If current trends continue, more than half my sales should go to BB10 devices this month.