Hi Sean, Thanks for the tips, I expect some example use cases will bubble up as developers think "Hey, I could do ... with that" :)
A couple that I thought of were; - Bill splitters: One person pays the bill then the splitter app gets PortaPayments to generate a QR code so the others can scan it and pay their share to the bill payer via PayPal. - Expenses / Finance apps: Once a code has been scanned they could ask the user if they'd like the payment registered in an account. I'll keep cranking my brain, but if I'll all ears if anyone has any suggestions for what could be done to make PortaPayments more useful to their app :) Al. On Feb 25, 11:26 am, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hey Al, > > The service looks very cool. I guess the problem that I have is > figuring out a real world use for it... > > Obviously I wouldn't expect you to do my thinking for me :) But what > would be REALLY useful is if you could post up a few fictitious (or > even real life) use cases, perhaps on the site, to showcase the > potential of the platform (similar to the ones in > here:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BulletProofX). The format doesn't really > matter, but example scenarios are what really get people excited about > this kind of technology... Personally, I've found example use cases > very useful when determining where a technology might be of use to me. > Just an idea anyway. > > With regard to the intents survey: I always prefer if intents are > provided, if for no other reason than they help make the intent > framework more powerful. At present I personally have no immediate > requirement for an intent API though. > > Sean > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > We've released an app (PortaPayments) and I'm trying to gauge interest > > in what (if any) functionality should be made available to other apps > > via intents. > > > To give you an overview of the app; It represents &scans payment > > requests encoded as QR Codes. > > > If you want some more info we've got a website athttp://portapayments.com/ > > and a demo video athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOYiADJWG9I(yes, I > > know the video starts with the horrid fruity 'phone, but the app was > > created for the PayPal X Developers challenge, so we had to show some > > effort in relation to cross-device capabilities). > > > So, what would other developers like access to? > > > - The QR Code generator (send the payment details, it displays the QR > > Code, user clicks done, goes back to your app). > > - Notifications of scanned QR codes (note; this is no guarantee that > > the app will be informed of completed payments). > > - Anything else? > > > Looking forward to everyones comments. > > > Al. > > > P.S. PayPalX Voting instructions for the app are athttp://bit.ly/9ajgbu > > if you feel like giving us a chance of raising some development > > funding :). > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
