As a scout for 1700 or so people who will not win the ADC, here is what I see:
1.Google has made a big investment in mobile. That investment is still there. Particularly for those applications that need what android supplies. 2. Google serves a broad set of customers 3. When power is unbalanced and folks don't have choices people have a tendency to act like prison guards. Google as a part of their culture seems to neutralize this posture. They do listen. 4. For android to meet its goals there will need to be tighter partnerships with fewer contact points. If accepted and excellent UI language elements fall out of these partnerships everyone ends up with a more ordered space. I don't see a change of direction, but I do see a change of focus and selective pace. As android becomes more focused, efforts will likely align with the areas where UI language elements fall out. The question becomes,"How do I support what Google is trying to do, because I really believe in it (and it is something entirely different than the focus Apple is showing), and still put bread on the table?" The answer is: hope that Google shows a set of distinct target end customers for android phones. That way efforts can be shaped around serving those customers in the way apple is shaping their effforts around the enterprise IT manager. We have seen a request to serve folks who live off $2 a day. That is a pretty clear image of a person who does not own a car, and relies on others and feet for transportation... And on their hands for income. Our application focused on Mom's who care about their children and have husbands who commute. And on elementary aged kids who ride the bus to school (and the people who try to manage them). If Google is able to now shift the focus from technology to serving clearly and distinctly identified parts of the population, folks with programming skills will almost intuitively know how to pitch in. We need those goal pictures to develop useful applications. Customers need those goal pictures to identify thenselves and their goals, before recognizing that an android phone will really improve their lives. Anyway, those are next steps for, and to help, folks who did not place in the ADC. Ed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
