On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:49 PM, j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How does a company shut down NOAA? I am not sure I understand > correctly. > > Yes it's very hard to compete against a company with multi-million > dollar marketing budget. I also agree with Shane's points. If you > have a different twist or geared toward a niche market, you might pull > it off. > > I am creating an app which will be available as a free download and I > hope it will spread by words of month. I have zero marketing budget. > I don't know if it will succeed but I am going to give it a shot.
If we get enough people like you, the content aggregators are going to have a real problem on their hands. Shane > > > Don't give up if you have a truly innovative product idea. > > On May 13, 5:13 pm, Joa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I might go and publish the thing free as in freedom (no annoying users > > with ads), just because I can. I've taken the whole thing pretty far > > up the usability scale; all I need is location based search back which > > was replaced by a mock-up in m5, port up to that yet to be seen new > > SDK, implement a number of refinements I've thought up in the last > > months, and I'm good to go. Two weekends worth of work, maybe three. > > But then, why bother... What we'll see is that the carriers will cut a > > deal with the eight pound gorilla and brand "their" phones such that > > apps which make it past the velvet rope cannot be messed with. iPhone > > style. 99% of consumers won't bother and frankly I don't feel like > > proving anything for the remaining 1% who go out to unbrand their > > phones by installing a clean kernel from the Android distribution. And > > yeah I already got an open source project (unrelated) and I'm behind > > on work there. I guess I'll wait and see, perhaps I'm good for an ADC > > II toss-up. > > > > On May 13, 7:07 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
