Oh I give my stuff away for free and count on the back end that overlaps with my day job.
At any rate, I've given up on the idea of charging per pop on the handset side, so that's taking away a lot of headache. Just not worth the hassle and I expect greater penetration to build possible interest in the back end content. Looking at other (seemingly viable) apps, this seems to be a significant trend. In this constellation, the low upfront cost and effort come into play. No days spent setting up a cross-compilation environment or paying any license fees. Ever looked at the Scratchbox manual? (outch) So Android's pretty friendly in that regard, especially if you're already using Eclipse/Java, which is a fairly commonplace development scenario. Noteworthy also that the entire Java VM (thread model) is available and a great deal of control over the handset in general. On Feb 23, 6:43 pm, Semprebon <sempre...@gmail.com> wrote: > You know, as a potential buyer of apps, a 24 hour return period seems > pretty reasonable, even a little short, to me. Maybe if your app can't > hold the customer's attention for that long, its not worth paying for > in the first place... > > On Feb 22, 6:12 pm, JP <joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Feb 22, 1:23 pm, Java Developer <supp...@cyntacks.com> wrote: > > > > Al, > > > > We finally made the decision to pull the plug too. > > > I wonder how pro's that build things from scratch (i.e. do not > > leverage existing back ends such as Weather Channel, Amazon etc.) > > would sign up to the platform in an effort to build innovative apps. > > Technically, Android has the capabilities and "best in class" up front > > effort and cost. > > > It can be frustrating at times, to say the least. I backed off quite a > > bit ever since the Google team wasn't able or willing to disperse the > > allegations that the ADC1 was extended to allow the MIT team to submit > > and take a price. I sure did not consider quitting my day job. > > Learning about pretty significant issues like the sidetracked SDK > > releases in the ADC1 or the launch of paid apps through off-hand > > remarks in the WSJ is <you fill the blank>. > > Poor relationship building. > > > ** Google I/O coming. Opportunity to fix the relationship with the > > developer community ** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
