Well. If you don't have to do anything to get into the store, competing with 500 other big companies is better than nothing. If your app does the same thing that their's does, yeah. Problem. You'll still get a few hits here and there, though.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 6:14 PM, GodsMoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> If I had to choose between a gFund and a Google AppStore (without the >> restrictions) I'd have to go with the Google AppStore. I know projects >> like SlideMe are cool but they don't have nearly the clout that a >> Google AppStore would have. >> Google Needs An AppStore! > > Actually, I also agree that Google should have an AppStore: it's good for > the end-users. But what do such AppStores provide to individual > developers? Maybe you can get your application provisioned, but if you are > competing with 500 large content providers (NFL, Disney), you are going to > get buried pretty quickly and most users willl never even be able to find > your app. > > Shane > >> >> >> On May 8, 8:07 pm, javqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > It's amazing. >> > I was writing something about the gFund to post tonight. I search on >> > this discussion group for words like "VC" "Venture Capital" , gFund >> > before post it. >> > >> > My title was: "Entrepreneurs coffee break, proposal: Google as a VC >> > promoter. "The gFund ?". I propose change the title to catch the >> > attention inside this community. >> > >> > I will complement this excellent post with some additional ideas: >> > >> > ... Google has the documents, applications, and scores. Google has a >> > well filtered database with all our information and our dreams. >> > >> > Google could re-sort all judges' scores focusing on innovation and >> > marketing opportunities (1 and 4 elements), and request a voluntary BP >> > to us with an extension of "terms and conditions" to release our BP, >> > readme and apk to a selected group of VC, similar to Apple with KPCB - >> > iFund VC. (KPCB was a VC for Google with around $25M in 1999) >> > The reason for re-sorting is to change the challenge priorities (Good >> > applications ready to release in very short term to get advertising >> > and publicity) for Venture priorities. >> > >> > This will help us a lot to build our dreams. >> > I'm pretty sure that many people in this android-challenge group could >> > reorganize these ideas and write a better proposal, so this post is >> > open to build a real proposal.... >> > ----------------- >> > >> > In other words, I want to share with this very special community my >> > last work before the cellular phones (in special android) came to my >> > life. >> > It's an example of hard work fighting for dreams. This is the first >> > public release, after FAA stop my flights (and the local police also) >> > in July 2007. UAV or UAS are not regulated yet in USA. This is about >> > 2 min. high condensed video. >> > Many people talk in this group about 5 months of work on the same >> > idea. This work took over 3 years, Monday to Monday 10 hours average >> > work with short family stops. I think is the limit between obsession >> > and determination. >> > This work is not my submitted application to android challenge. The >> > submitted application has more innovation, based in qty of filled >> > patents. (it's a joke, but really have more patents pending) >> > >> > So, enjoy the video: http;//www.blicopter.com/android >> > >> > Javier Quintana, javqui >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
