Go, draw aside the curtains, and discoverThe several caskets to this noble prince.Now make your choice. — Portia, The Merchant of Venice, II.vii
Robert Scoble wonders how people discover new apps for the iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch, and how developers can best market their apps to achieve the largest exposure.
Is the internal marketing by Apple on the front page of the iTunes AppStore sufficient to raise awareness of new and notable apps or do app developers benefit more by mainstream (digital and traditional) press coverage, app discovery services and social networks ("word-of-mouth" discovery)?
He mentions some app-discovery sites I was not aware of:
Update: In one of his other posts titled, "Do you really use all those mobile apps?", Scoble links to a Flickr page with a screenshot of his iPhone homepage showing his folder organization categories and a detailed list of all the apps.
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