kurosh, i wonder why you bother with the Challenge so much. did you develop an application for a one-shot contest, with a possible absolute maximum earning of 275k U$D ? or did you develop an application because you think it is usefull, because you have a vision , and it has potential to open a market much bigger than just that bit of money?
if your app does what you say, from what i have seen until now, you have a part of the market completely for yourself. and if you realy did 6 years of research, you'll propably have the connections to do some marketing and generate some buzz. there's already a couple of portals out there, who will help distributing & selling apps for android. put your app there, maybe hire someone to do the marketing for you, and i believe you will do just fine. don't loose your spirit, man ! zero On May 19, 10:38 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If anyone thinks it is not a totally worthless solution, feel free to > contact me. > > KDF Infotechwww.kdfinfotech.com > > On May 19, 1:20 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here is a link on how difficult if not impossible it is for the blind > > to write. The test study used an advanced haptic force feedback > > device, and special paper for tactile feedback of what is > > writtten.http://www.slideshare.net/crossana/mcsig-chi-2008 > > > The other methods for data input are > > 1) Braille keyboards > > 2) Chorded keyboards > > 3) Touch typing on a PC keyboard > > 1) and 2) and 3) all have steep learning curves > > 1) and 2) exist as standalone handheld devices in one embodiment but > > cannot be integrated as intuitive methods into existing cell phones > > > I have offered a system that allows blind users to actually stroke > > characters on a cell phone. Note that this was extremenly difficult > > for them to do as stated above even with a complicated PC setup. > > > My score on ORIGINALITY: In the lower 25% > > > On May 19, 12:34 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Six years of research and incubation. Countless iterations. Exhaustive > > > testing. Breakthrough algorithms. All down the drain. > > > I'm finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with that. > > > > On May 19, 12:30 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The reason I made this post is because in the past 24 hours I have > > > > actually begun believing that the judges might be right and that my > > > > application is truely worthless. > > > > > Maybe I should change my profession or something. :-) > > > > > On May 19, 11:32 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I stand corrected, > > > > > "Marketing would probably laugh at me" :-) > > > > > > On May 19, 11:30 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Having said all that, Marketing would problem laugh at me. :-) > > > > > > Where in heaven's name did this idealist come from? > > > > > > Just had to express my thoughts. That's all. :-) > > > > > > Marketing reality, truly, is so far removed from idealistic notions! > > > > > > I rest my case. > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:23 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > To put it another way, > > > > > > > If you want to be a true champion, you have to rush to the net > > > > > > > even > > > > > > > when it is break-point, set-point, match-point, > > > > > > > championship-point. > > > > > > > If you play percentage tennis you can never be a true champion. > > > > > > > Take > > > > > > > the risks and reap the rewards. Or be relegated to mediocrity > > > > > > > forever. > > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:01 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The biggest problem, as I see it, is the irreparable > > > > > > > > psychological > > > > > > > > damage that might have been done. > > > > > > > > Truly gifted developers, people with true creativity, the > > > > > > > > lateral > > > > > > > > thought process, all have to be nurtured, if techonlogical > > > > > > > > progress is > > > > > > > > to move in leaps and bounds. > > > > > > > > Mediocre applications will not make a platform great. > > > > > > > > Suppressing genius will only leave a long-term negative effect > > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > minds of those who felt that they could make a difference. > > > > > > > > Those very > > > > > > > > same people will have no more reason to contribute, to create > > > > > > > > something out of nothing, to do the impossible, to make the > > > > > > > > platform > > > > > > > > greater than ever imaginable. > > > > > > > > The scenario at present is similar to the one Hank Rearden > > > > > > > > faced in > > > > > > > > the novel "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. > > > > > > > > Who will hold up the World if Atlas shrugs?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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