Biosopher, pocketjourney does look like it could be really cool, pertinent information that is well categorized all in one source could make traveling better. No need to buy/carry around those little books anymore. And access to what other travelers and/or locals think about destinations is always a plus. It was time travel took the leap the technology leap. It is definitely one of the application I would find useful.
If the information given is correct (15+ judges for phase 2, and I had 8) only half the judges got to review each application. It is likely then that there would have been 4 judges that reviewed both of the applications. Perhaps some scoring was a comparison of the two but from my understanding each application was supposed to be judged purely on its merit. However, the judges are human so I am sure consciously or subconsciously it could have played a factor. I don't know how appropriate it would be for me to comment on Golf Play. It might be taken as sour grapes considering it won and I did not. I can tell you I approached my application from what appears to be a different angle. At the outset I thought about making an interface that was more complex, but based on the feedback that I got (both from showing golfers the application and from golfers that use competitors applications) made me realize that people don't want something complex and don't want something that takes too much time away from the actual golf game. Hence I designed my application with the focus being the user and not the challenge. The challenge was merely one way to get the word about TeeDroid out. Winning would have been nice with all that it meant. But I did not stop development while waiting for the results instead created the website and hooked it into the webservice. I have now moved on to porting TeeDroid to other platforms. This was the plan all along since waiting for Android phones would be too risky and no sure time frame on when they are coming out. I am not too concerned since I did take the step of getting a patent filed on TeeDroid. It is always a plus when you are a startup to protect your ideas, once you go public you have to deal with copy cats. Of course porting the application to other platforms does mean changing the specs a bit, each platform has different capabilities. Having written mobile software before I have to say that Android was a pleasure to work with. I think the Android versions of a lot of different software will probably be superior to versions running on other platforms. That does not mean there is no reason to do the ports though. Look for TeeDroid coming out on other platforms soon. Good luck with the next round of the competition, Finn http://www.teedroid.com On May 12, 8:09 pm, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi finnk, > > My only guess is that the judges decided to honor only one Golf app > and somehow they decided Golf Play had a better take on the golf > challenge: www.inizziativa.com/GolfPlay > > What's your take on Golf Play? > > Don't worry it's not my app so don't hold back in your critique for my > sake at least. For that matter, everyone's welcome to share their > comments (good, bad, indifferent) about my app as well: > www.pocketjourney.com. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
