If you really believe in your idea port it to j2ME or IPhone. That is what I'm doing. My apps are already ported to J2ME, I'm just completing some final polyshing and testing and then I will submit them to AT&T. At the same time I'm working on a port to IPhone so that my apps are available in the IPhone store on opening day coming this June.
On May 7, 1:45 pm, jazz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I joined the Challenge with a hope not much for the prize but more of > validation of the ideas. After all the one-time cash prizes are not > adequate to live on for most of us, but a career is. Like many, I've > spent 1,000+ hours coding and debugging hoping to deliver a product > which has a commercial value. The journey has been pleasantly smooth > with most of my planed features implemented with time left to polish > the interface. Nevertheless, I'm still in a shocking state that it's > hard to face the fact I've already out of the race as I've not > received any hit since April 30... > > So what's next? Start a new journey for Challenge II? Keep improving > the current design? But what's the use? The phones running Android are > not scheduled to be released at least until the end of the year. After > that, it's still unknown how the general public will embrace Android > based phones as it did to iPhone. Assuming it did, there might be at > least a year or so before it hits the critical mass IF the carriers > cooperate. Given the time table and uncertainty, how should we start a > business based on all this and convince investors? Now if we have a > day job and does this as a second, then it's probably fine. But what > about starting a business or putting serious resources into the > development? > > Now, I along with many other none-winning participants (okay, us > losers) are at a juncture as what to do next. Any thoughts? > > -J --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
