I think you have a good attitude, but I see the future as a multi-road journey. Android and iPhone both have their strong points and I believe they are both worth developing for.
On May 11, 5:13 am, luckydroid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well put, Steve. > > On May 10, 11:42 am, StevePotell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well Phase I of the contest is over for me and 1737 others. I blame > > the judges, Google, the 50 who won, the gods of fate, everyone else > > but me, who is perfect, and had the greatest idea since the invention > > of sliced bread. I am now going to abandon Android and port my > > application to the Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile, and J2ME just to poke > > Google in the eye for not seeing my great idea. > > > The only problems standing in my way is that I do not have a 10+ year > > relationship with Apple and they won't give me the time of day. That > > if I write my app for cracked iPhones, Apple will probably turn off my > > app with the next software update. Windows mobile is mainly a > > business phone and my application is aimed at consumers. None of the > > carriers have actually figured out how to monetize a Windows Mobile > > app but I will show them the way if I can just get one of them to talk > > to me. I do not have the millions of dollars that will be required to > > port and test my application for 5000 different J2ME handsets. I do > > not have existing relationships with all the carriers and OEMs. > > Trivial issues I know, they shall all beat a path to my door. > > > So I am just going to go spend thousands of dollars on Apple and > > Microsoft software and hardware and plan to give them 30%+ of my > > revenue just because I did not win! I don't think so. > > > On Monday some very important information will be available to us and > > that is a brief description about the applications that did win. This > > is a window into the members of Open Handset Alliance and what they > > feel they can make money with. So I plan to look long and hard at > > this information, analyze it, look into the very souls of the judges > > and then completely ignore it and submit my great ideas in the next > > competition. I do not program the ordinary I program the > > extraordinary and if the judges do not see that well, that's OK by > > me. Not everyone sees the world as I do. > > > I look at Android as the vehicle that will allow me to write one to > > three applications a year that will appeal to 10 to 30 thousand people > > enough that they will be willing to buy my applications. This means I > > get to make a living as an independent developer living any where in > > the world yet selling my apps worldwide. So the judges did not "get" > > the idea I submitted, guess what, I have three more waiting in the > > wind and who knows one of my apps just might go viral and make me a > > fortune. > > > We had a 3% chance of winning based on the number of entries in the > > contest but remember, the winning entries have a 40% chance of getting > > more money and get to pitch to a VC. So be sure to look at this > > thread before you move > > on:http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread.... > > If I offer to help one of the teams it means I have to put my own > > ideas aside for a couple of months maybe longer if they win. There is > > no guarantee that they will win but I think the experience might be > > worth it. > > > I do not know what road you will take as you develop your mobile > > applications but the road I am traveling leads to Android. > > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
