Congrats Eugene. A simple application that's easier to use from kids to adults without any learning curve will definitely be a huge hit. Amazingly you did it in 40 hrs. Great job.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:22 AM, eugenejen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No offense. But I think all your theory can only be verified until the > announcement. > Otherwise, it is just plain whine from losers and bullshit to placate > yourself. > Though it wastes time to read and refute. But I am here to waste my > time to troll with you. > Bear with me. > > I did not post anything on this board. I read the sdk documents and > discussions > for 3 months until April and decide to write a simple client server > apps to submit. > I had thought 20 different ideas, but I noticed the SDK lacking of a > lot of features that I > like to use. Beside a lot of ideas that I had rely on physical > implementations of > accelerometer and location chip. And I don't trust emulation software > and would rather > to test on the real one until the hardware is shipped. > > I did not use Java since 2000 but for me the whole sdk makes sense > without all the crap > from J2EE. Though the system is based on Linux, but the system is > customized to do mobile. > So no virtual memory like your desktops and servers and all the > activity APIs look just like > a glorified applet style programming and it is very easy to do what I > want. I spent only 40 > hours spreaded in 2 weeks to implement everything that I want in > Android and PHP server side. > But I don't have any time to do art works. > > I saw my server log yesterday. I saw access on May 6th. The access is > from all over the world. > From Germany, US. Spain, Taiwan. And one of the judge just felt so > bored to use my app and > typed a sentence to said he was bored. As an independent developer, I > guess that the idea is > good enough to top 100 here. So I am starting to port it to iPhone > now. > > I guess my simple app just hit the right spot. No manual to read. No > registration. It is just work > as it should be. And I try to treat the users as moron and the UI is > cut down from a more > complex one. I guess a simple mobile app is what people need. The > complexity of current > desktop software is not compatible with mobile phone. > > One reason that I did not post anything here is it seems like everyone > here likes cool complex > stuffs, while I would just like something not frustrating my > grandfather. And I just like things > to work. So I guess I have nothing to feed back to most people here > that looking for advance stuffs. > > On May 6, 10:38 pm, Google Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the Android Challenge legit or an elaborate form of phishing, > > or even an outright scam of sorts? > > > > It seems that the challenge has a few glaring problems: > > 1) The rules favor teams and/or individuals with financial > > backing or resources. > > > > The Challenge is scored in 4 areas. I suggest that Originality > > and Indispensibility are areas that favor contributors equally > > whether they are poor individuals or well funded teams. > > However "Effective Use of the Android Platform" and > > "Polish and Appeal" penalize those with limited financial > > resources. These qualities require more time to implement > > thereby favoring those who could spend more time on the > > challenge than those who responded to the challenge > > in the "Willy Wonka" spirit (believing all had a chance) > > and had to work on the challenge in their spare time. > > > > 2) Google discontinued support for the Challenge users > > while continuing to support OHA and other stakeholders > > (e.g., device manufacturers, MIT) thereby marginalizing/ > > under supporting the Challenge members. > > > > Using the Android platform, which > > despite being Linux and Java, is no picnic or walk in the park. > > The processing model is *different* (and I'll question it's necessity > > on a Linux platform in another post), the SDK has bugs, the > > documentation has inconsistencies (e.g., look at the various > > places where TableLayout and table row are documented), > > pieces of the SDK were missing (e.g., BT, etc.) and so on. > > And while independents were toiling away trying to slog through > > the Android'isms and bugs, Google was actively supporting members > > of the OHA (are they really on the same SDK version as we are?) > > Are all submitters *really* isolated from those who had more > > inside information? Access to the source? > > > > 3) Participants who fail to win in round 1 stand to lose even more. > > > > When you made your submission you agreed that if Google > > or any of the Judges developed your idea you had no recourse. > > What if Google/Judges never had the idea before you submitted it? > > Had not yet visualized it on the Android platform before the > > entries were submitted? Do you think you can get your idea to > > market faster than the multi-billion dollar Google juggernaut? > > In it's most perverse form isn't it all really a way for Google > > to potentially get 1700+ original ideas for which they only > > need to pay for 50? > > > > /GW > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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