Hi Jazz, The proposed Android platform will rock the cotton socks off walled- gardened and archaic telecoms business model(s).
The amalgamation of hardware and software has never before been so real. I see a world where OLED's will be implanted into cornea's, RFID implanted under the skin and cerebral cortex, hard-wired connections from the brain to the internet, basically a next generation of collective-conscious borg; even little Java-bots set up as autonomous entities to roam your house while you're at work that will communicate through Android. Ofcourse, you'll get the masses denying this next evolution of technology but to be part of it now, is exciting. For the immediate future, all those ~1,740 'loosers' will have the chance to develop applications that can talk with the real world. If your app can utilise target advertising and location based services, then those two key steps will help towards Googles goal of world domination. I for one, would want to know instantly when a farmer in Bolivia has spotted a UFO, for example, and my tags will let me know without it been filtered and saturated through the normal media channels. Don't despair but stay positive. The next revolution of evolution has only just begun :)) Carry on doing research and development as it is good to be involved at such an embryonic stage. Regards Keffyoid www.splashplay.co.uk On May 7, 6:45 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
