Kumar, When we started the ad revenue model never existed at all, not at least in a practical model. While that is still a possibility with touchdown, the problem is that since the software uses ActiveSync, which in turn requires accurate reporting of downloads for royalty payments to MSFT, releasing ad-supported versions is not a possibility at all. Hence that business model would be very hard for us to utilize. By default the android market does not support the notion of a trial period for a paid app. However, developers can of course release two versions, one a trial version and the other a license key, thereby provide some semblance of a trial period. This mechanism is used by some other companies as well.
regards -g On Sep 16, 5:47 pm, Kumaravel Kandasami <kumaravel.kandas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Nice article. > > - So from your article I infer that there is no trial period for apps ? > - Is there any reference numbers (that could be published) around monetizing > the app by advertisements ? > > I am asserting definitely you would have done your projections around paid > apps versus free apps with ads. > > Kumar _/|\_www.saisk.com > ku...@saisk.com > "making a profound difference with knowledge and creativity..." > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Dan Sherman <impact...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very interesting, thanks for writing those up. > > > How large of a company/group is working specifically on Android in your > > case? > > > - Dan > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:26 PM, NitroDesk <gsuku...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> (moving to the right group) Hope this resonates with your experiences > >> as well. > > >> Part 1 > > >>http://nitrodesk.blogspot.com/2009/09/earning-living-on-android-part-... > > >> Part 2 > > >>http://nitrodesk.blogspot.com/2009/09/earning-living-on-android-part-... > > >> regards > >> -g- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
