Incognito: you can choose from several license options (I can only speak for DroidStor that we make) - DroidStor supports freeware, share/ trialware, ad supported (this was not particularly effective in past on PCs), one-time purchase and finally subscription, where you pay for the app based on actual use. I for one a big believer in subscription model but to make it truly effective, we need to go several layers down to the core and have mobile operators to cooperate. Not something I see happening in the next few years. Until then, we can have surrogate payments models, like credit cards, prepaid cards and paypal.
YA On Apr 10, 11:05 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>No closed system is going to buy us > >>this sort of freedom, nobody would trust it. > > Are the donations going through you first and then you distribute that > money to the developer? > If so then I'm not trying to offend you or anything but I'll trust big > companies like AT&T and Apple to pay me at the end of the month for > any applications I've sold. They have a lot more to loose if they try > to cheat anybody. I'm sure you guys are honest folks but how do I know > I won't be cheated out of my revenue? Need to establish a good > reputation first, I think, at least with me. Call me Paranoid > Incognito. > > On Apr 10, 2:12 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From a user's perspective, DroidStor is a superset of what we are doing. But > > that's the point, all these Droidstor screenshots are focused on the > > end-user. Our focus is on the developer community. We have a portal site > > onhttp://slideme.orgforsubmission of apps. You can bundle multiple > > applications into a provisioning archive and submit them, avoiding the UI > > all together. Check out the the jvending site on how this is done (sample > > par we use is downloadable) This is how we are provisioning JV. > > > You also have Apache Maven build tools to get your app to the catalog, as > > part of build and release. We have some more build tools and new delivery > > systems in the works. You can receive donations, advertise yourself. All of > > these things are focused on the small developer. J2ME went the route of > > proprietary and closed systems, There is nothing exciting about this, its > > just copying what's already been done. We have a real chance to get our own > > community started and not get run over. No closed system is going to buy us > > this sort of freedom, nobody would trust it. > > > JV and the SAMce client are all open-source. And if a developer submits good > > patches to these projects, I would invite them in as a committer on the > > project so they could help define the direction. There are no hooks into > > our front-end portal. You can look at the code, submit patches, make your > > own distributions of both the catalog and the client. DroidStor or > > HelloAndroid could even use JV if they wanted to, or incorporate our client > > into their own. Anybody could. > > > Having said all that, we do have some closed source components. The > > front-end portal is closed source but is using JV, which is open-source, for > > it's catalog (You can build your own front-end as well). We also have a > > full-client in the works which will be more focused on the end-user and will > > be closed source. It is however, using the SAMce as its core, so if you > > develop something on the open-source client, it will be compatible. Or you > > may choose not to use the full-client at all. Or you may even choose to go > > with a closed company that tells you how its going to be. > > > Shane > > > . > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:53 AM, Muthu Ramadoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Shane, > > > > Impressive. How does it compare with DroidStar? > > > >http://sadko.mobi/droidstor/screen.html > > > > On Apr 10, 9:50 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As people reveal their apps for the contest, I encourage you to drop > > > byhttp://slideme.orgtoregisterand submit your application. The site is > > > > dedicated to the small developer and provides services such as the > > > rating > > > > and comment of applications, as well as hooking into a JVending catalog > > > for > > > > discovery and delivery to Android devices. > > > > > Full announcement here: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/b... > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Shane > > > >http://mobeegal.in > > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
