[android-challenge] Re: Future for Good Android Developers = Bright (but only if they see it)

[Bruno Sauer]

luckydroid sees the light! To anyone that thinks they've lost something - please print this out, stick it on your wall, and in a year from now you'll see it too. I've been around long enough to understand what a fantastic program Google has put together and, although I'm not old enough to have been in the California Gold Rush back in '49 (:>), I do not regret missing that because Android is going to be even bigger. So get ready people - the future is yours ... luckydroid 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 android-challenge@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---