Regarding pitching to VC's with an Android product.. How attractive is this given the current scenario?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Steve Oldmeadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jul 6, 2:47 am, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the kind words, Steve, JP, efontana, Muthu. > > Steve, developing for J2ME and Blackberry, will not the old barriers > > still exist (of getting the carriers to allow your app in etc.), that > > made Android attractive? > > > > Regarding the barriers - have a look at Padmasree Warrior's (from > Motorola) keynote video from Java One this year. She has statistics > for percentage of software sold via carrier vs third party. The US is > by far the worst for carrier lock down with over 90% of software being > sold that way. Europe is pretty good with only about 50% but in Asia > the situation is the total reverse of the US with most software not > being sold by carriers. I can understand how people in the US can > have the perception that the market is closed but I don't think that > is the reality. It certainly isn't my experience. Maybe you need to > look at markets outside of where you live. > > Handango does represent a viable market place. It might not make you > a millionaire but it is a start and you can get valuable feedback from > customers. > > I know Android is attractive but there is no market at the moment. > Even once the handsets are released it will take time to gain traction > unless someone is prepared to invest in a mega hype marketing campaing > like Apple did for the iPhone. I think in the time it takes for the > Android market to emerge you could have Juwo running on 1 or 2 more > platforms. Its keeping your eggs in multiple baskets. Think about > your pitch to venture capitalists - a product which runs on Java ME, > Blackberry and Android sounds pretty attractive. Finally, once > Android emerges I think there is going to be a lot of work porting > Java ME apps. to Android - not the most fun job in the world but it > can bring in some money. > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://cookingcapsules.com - nourish your droid. http://mobeegal.in - find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
