ok, here is 4th criterion: "...Examples would be a game that the user can't PUT DOWN or a utility that makes a BUSY user's schedule easier to manage. Judges will determine whether the application is a good fit for the use case it aims to solve AND whether a SIGNIFICANT population of mobile users will find that use case applicable to them...."
here is my thought: no question, your app is a good fit to the use case it aims to solve, just as all submitted apps are most likely good fits to the use cases they aim to solve. however, unless you are a "busy traveller", likely most of time you will put down your app. also, how significant is the population of "busy" travellers who prefer not to getting the information nights before they travel. thanks to google and others, today well constructed travelling information can be obtained free on web using a big-screen desktop pc with peace of mind. i love travelling and always plan well before i get on road. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Biosopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:06 PM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: TeeDroid Examination (post-mortem) > > I need to start writing my business proposal for Google so I'll take > my answering of Cow Bay as a quick rough draft for that effort. For > everyone else, on one hand I hesitate to make such a long post, but it > may prove useful to some of you... > > It would appear Cow Bay hasn't travelled much or been to a museum > lately. With that in mind, I'll start from the basic & current usage > of location-aware audio and move from there. > > Audio guides are commonly used throughout major cities (& increasingly > minor ones), museums, art galleries, state & national parks, historic > landmarks, and on & on. All of these uses have occurred even though > the content must be pre-loaded using old fixed-location technology > (originally as tape & CD players). Even with these current > limitations, these audio guides are used across a wide demographic > from 7-8 years olds up to senior citizens in every industrialized > nation. > > Some may say though: "but only nerds use this audio tour technology". > The current use of Wikipedia would argue then that we are either a > massive planet of nerds or else geeks are not the only ones seeking > information. Wikipedia instead highlights the reality that useful, > well-structured information is not something simply for > intellectuals. Wikipedia is the 3rd most traffic'd website only after > MySpace & Facebook. Even so...Wikipedia is limited to text and is not > easily adapted to organizing & categorizing the large amounts of audio > & video footage....let alone associating those files to the numerous & > various locations where they would be most useful. > > But we've got to get beyond the limited information that can be > captured by words. The information capacity of audio & video goes > without saying, but I'll do it anyway since you asked: "if a pictures > worth a thousand words, then what can a video be worth?" > > Now as Google and Wikipedia show, information is most useful when it > is structured. And what better way to structure some information than > by associating it with the very location upon which it is based. As > stated in my leading paragraphs, even location-based information using > decades old technology has proven its massive value. Now Pocket > Journey will be delivering that same information & MUCH MORE to the > device in your pocket. > > There's so much more to say, but let me stop here and quickly address > Cow Bay's questions. Our business model is not based in terms of > hours used as that valuation model has yet to be proven a sound > business practice. E.g. Twitter, Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, ... > have yet to make any $$$ for their investors. As for service > contracts, we'll leave that money on the table for the cell phone > providers. They'll need it as cell phone minutes become a commodity > with slim margins. > > Our business model rests on the fact that information is valuable. I > can't go into more detail than that. I will only instead recommend > that anybody curious about our vision behind Pocket Journey or its > projected widespread adoption & usage (and why we believe it was > selected in the top 50) to read this book: The Long Tail: Why the > Future of Business is Selling Less of More. > > www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Future-Business-Selling/dp/1401302378/ref=pd_bbs_sr _1 > > Best of luck to all of you, > Anthony > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
