Your gracious encouragement is powerful. And I guess people in the same team usually affect each other in behavior. Maybe he can affect your users to be the same dramatic sense...
On May 10, 3:57 pm, luckydroid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > When I read certain posts I feel some people aren't seeing what I am > seeing, or they would have a different approach to "losing": Android > will make it possible for developers to freely distribute their > software across a wide range of mobile devices and service providers. > Developers will no longer have to spend months of expensive red tape > tedium for each provider to license and distribute it to get your game > or utility to the public. > > If you are not in the top 50, it doesn't mean you lost, it means you > weren't chosen for the top 50. Does that mean #51 or #786 is bad? No. > It means you *built an Android app*. This is very cutting edge. I > can't believe I need to tell anyone this, because it should seem > obvious. YOU are among the first. Ok, you may not have won the > $25,000, but you have an app! Or a pretty cool idea for one and the > knowledge to build it. You will make that money later. And yes, this > is only if your app is good. So take a good hard look at it from the > user's perspective and decide objectively before blindly chasing the > dream. But keep a dream. > > If I turn out to be wrong about this I will be the first to admit it, > but I believe: > ..... > Android is quietly preparing to change the whole mobile landscape for > the better, people. I'm not saying don't develop for Symbian, Apple, > etc., because that can be very good too. I am saying you are ahead of > the game having an alpha Android app., and if you can afford the time > and perhaps resources, build a beta, and then a full release. > > There already are and will be more hubs where you can market and > distribute your software. Users, with new phones and new freedoms, > will be anxious to see what's available. If your app is widely useable > then handset manufacturers and service providers of the O.H.A. might > even want to bundle your app as a featured one on their phone or with > their service. Shift your thinking. Thanks to Google, the O.H.A., > there are many new possibilities for developers not previously > available, particularly in the U.S. market. The industry may well > become what it should have been sooner: open. > ..... > > Don't give up if your idea is strong enough. And if you decide it > isn't, it isn't too late to be an early comer with a whole new app for > Android. And by all means, develop for other platforms too- I'm just > saying, it will be nice to have an app. ready for Android when it > comes out without the distribution hurdles you face with other > platforms :-). > > This isn't one phone type and one provider. It is multiple phone types > and multiple providers. Wider audience, wider distribution. Come on > people. Whether you won or lost, you did not waste time---you built an > Android app.! Polish it! Add features! And get in there early. You > rock. > > -mac > > ps- And I thought Muthu was dramatic! What has he done to me?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
