Biosopher: did i ever equate the fourth criterion (indispenability) with needing to use your mobile device 24 hours a day? it seesm you who are confusing the criterion and everybody here.
what i emphasize is the "significant" keyword that is clearly stated in ADC 4th judging criterion. i emphasize significant population and significant usage. not to blow off your confidence, none of my classmates, friends and family whom i've queried would pay for a copy of any app providing paid information, text/audio/video, which can be obtained beforehand or via google search on the scene FOR FREE. maybe, there are significant population somewhere else for your app, i dont know. anyway, there are still quite a few rich VCs who love dashing stories. so, keep on your venture and take my best wishes with you and your VCs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Biosopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:52 AM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: TeeDroid Examination (post-mortem) > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
