Hi Cow Bay, Don't confuse the fourth criterion (indispenability) with needing to use your mobile device 24 hours a day. People use a toilet roughly 3x per day, but I guarantee everyone considers them indispensable.
I'm curious that you've mentioned the value of desktops & screen sizes in your last two posts. Remember...size isn't everything because in today's world "mobility is critical". I know you're stuck on Pocket Journey being for travelers for some reason. Perhaps a key element of our initial marketing effort will focus on explaining that access to location-based audio & video information isn't for travelers only. However as people actually start using Pocket Journey (and the breadth of available content expands), they'll rapidly discover that mobile access to audio/video isn't just for tourists. Here's an example to cement that view. It's from the text world simply because the mobile audio/video world doesn't yet exist. Our modern day world of ubiquitous access to information on the go is increasingly critical to the younger generation. Even simple text information proves its utility every day. For example, a recent encounter with mobile access to information was at Coachella (a 3 day concert outside L.A. with over 80 alternative/rock/punk/techno bands) after Roger Water's rendition of Dark Side of the Moon. A couple 20 year olds were arguing over how Pink Floyd had come to split up and when The Wall was initially released. They pulled out Wikipedia to quickly solve their dispute in under 30 seconds. Again...this is simple text information. As video on the go becomes ubiquitous as well, we'll see a rapid expansion of its utility beyond mass entertainment. Lastly...Pocket Journey isn't focused on showing you information that you want before you travel (as you say, that problem is already solved). Instead, PJ is about giving you the information you want only after you've left your house and are interested in a knowing more about a specific location. E.g. you don't read up on all the works of art in the SF Museum of Modern Art before you go, you want that information only once you've arrived. Cheers, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
