Exactly. Put in another way, will the potential customer buy/use my app just beacause "I USED A LOT OF ANDROID API"?. I feel that winning the challenge and coming up with something usable/ saleble are two different things. Based on what I know about the winners and non-winners till now, I feel that the winners have really great apps ( all beter than mine) but some non winner apps are even better. -Pawan.
On May 10, 2:57 am, "Aleksandras G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for a while I tried "to walk" in the shoes > of ADC judges.. and though only theoretically, > I came to some disturbing conclusions. > > If i were a an appointed ADC judge from phone-Foo > manufacturer, what would I look for in this > big bucket of entries that I am about judge? > > Well, first comes Google's #1 criteria - "Originality". > But thinking further, this #1 is primarily what > Google is going after - a new talent, a really > original, possibly ground-breaking ideas for Android apps. > > Now me, as phone-manufacturer, I ask myself: can I take > that risk and venture into the land of "new and original concepts”? > i.e. shall give higher scores to such entries? The short > answer would be - sorry, Nope. > > The longer answer, one needs to think of the > motives behind a company X joining Open Handset Alliance: > > * Windows Mobile and Symbian are everywhere. > If I am to preinstall my next hardware with this new Android, > I need a bunch of kick-ass apps to make it really sell. Not just > kick-ass, but the GUARANTEED KICK-ASS ones. > > * based on the above: I am skimming through the list of entries, > I notice something obviously cool, and maybe even much cooler > than the similar ones that competitor Y runs on their > non-Android platform. Well - I buy it! give it 'A' > > * No I see some app with a concept I’ve never seen before, I mean > totally new, not even a re-make of the a familiar and popular one. > What am I to do? Even though I am a judge, I’m in this for > _business_, > NOT for some further risk-taking... I let the Google take risks, > while I’ll be protecting my own investment. So yes - I don't by it, > i give it 'B' or 'C' > > stepping out of "the judges shoes", it is indeed unfortunate, > but so are some hard realities of the market. Myself as > non-marketing guy, I will surely be checking out the Top-50 when > it comes out, > > but I will be more inclined in shuffling through the gallery of > the rest of 1700+ submissions just to find those real > hidden "Diamonds in the dirt..." > > and no offence to Google guys, they did the best thy could for > Android/ADC, but some things will always remain out of reach > > cheers, > Aleksandras G. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
