Jazz, I agree with Keffyoid. This is just the beginning not the end. Winning or losing this contest does not define you as an Android programmer. If you have a good idea keep after it and develop another one and another after that. You will get better and so will your apps. Remember there is another contest coming and some of the current winners will need to add team members in order to compete in the next phase of this contest.
Steve On May 7, 10:45 am, jazz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I joined the Challenge with a hope not much for the prize but more of > validation of the ideas. After all the one-time cash prizes are not > adequate to live on for most of us, but a career is. Like many, I've > spent 1,000+ hours coding and debugging hoping to deliver a product > which has a commercial value. The journey has been pleasantly smooth > with most of my planed features implemented with time left to polish > the interface. Nevertheless, I'm still in a shocking state that it's > hard to face the fact I've already out of the race as I've not > received any hit since April 30... > > So what's next? Start a new journey for Challenge II? Keep improving > the current design? But what's the use? The phones running Android are > not scheduled to be released at least until the end of the year. After > that, it's still unknown how the general public will embrace Android > based phones as it did to iPhone. Assuming it did, there might be at > least a year or so before it hits the critical mass IF the carriers > cooperate. Given the time table and uncertainty, how should we start a > business based on all this and convince investors? Now if we have a > day job and does this as a second, then it's probably fine. But what > about starting a business or putting serious resources into the > development? > > Now, I along with many other none-winning participants (okay, us > losers) are at a juncture as what to do next. Any thoughts? > > -J --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
