HI Joa, It's tough to compete against the Weather Channel on a weather app. My guess is that even a lot of the ADC winners are going to be in the same boat in about 12 months, as the big players move in. It's a tough industry. Java ME pushed the small developer out within two years. In 2001, the Sprint Developer program that many developers (including myself) were excited about flopped as the vendors moved in and started dominating the market. A lot of broken promises there.
I don't think all is lost. If you can get a group working on the app, with a different angle, focusing on a niche part of the market, you may be able to pull it off. Opening sourcing your weather app and finding like minded groups of individuals to work on it is also possible (but this is hard as well). But in the end, its all about who can get the apps in front of the user. Welcome to the industry. Shane On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Joa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First congrats to all who made the cut. > For all who didn't - it reflects bad on everyone who can't let things > be, so it's time to move on guys. And I'll apologize for rattling the > cage last weekend. Probably not best of form, but competitive juices > flowing for sure. > > Having said that, I am leaving ADC 1 behind with a feeling of > deflation and the impression that it has not been terribly well > managed. I guess I can fold one of my two entries regardless of the > ADC (weather forecast for the US) anyway. A multi-billion dollar > business is sitting in the "slot", so my prediction is that they'll > probably go ahead and cut the deals with the carriers. That'll happen > just based on name recognition, and it's totally irrelevant if they > win any of the ADC rounds or not. Pocket change for those guys. In > that regard, it's actually good they got in, so I can see they're out > there. Saved me a lot of work and headache because they would've gone > ahead and try to shut down my data source anyway, like has happened > before (by another company in that industry). Oh well, if the goal of > the ADC was to encourage independent developers it certainly hasn't > worked on me. > Joa > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
