We are working on solid business plan and are trying and to attract investors now... But perhaps we'll really start working intensively only when it is clear whether Android is a success or not.
On May 7, 8:45 pm, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
