Anil, Muthu and Steve, If your application is designed to run on the top and does not require background processes i.e. is not a service,
Google Gears for Mobile might solve the 'run on other platforms issues.' ( I keep forgetting about this for others as our stuff needs to run in the background as currently envisioned/fixated). As I understand it, it lets you move portions of server side data bases down to the phone so web apps can work seamlessly through bad coverage areas. If you are not trying to skype the service providers... there should be good acceptance for each of your applications... if I remember correctly. If the application already requires the horsepower of a smart phone (again, not ours!), I do not see why this approach would not solve the VC money tap issue. At the beginning of this talk the speaker surveys the audience asking how many of the desktop developers are writing native apps and how many are writing WEB apps. All are writing WEB apps. He then asks the mobile folks. The situation is reversed. He says gears is going to help change this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEgynWIKzSY Here is a case study of Gears, watching this with a mobile mindset will fill in the gaps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fsBDQ2ng8s Anyway, this path may work for ~70% of the apps here on an i-phone today. Sorry about not mentioning this earlier,... been obsessed with driving the cost of a location based, background processing, compass equipped phone to the price level where you could give it to an elementary school kid with no risk of inviting theft etc etc. Tool for the masses whose need for money will drive them to carpool. Ed On Jul 6, 6:22 am, Steve Oldmeadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 6, 6:17 pm, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Regarding pitching to VC's with an Android product.. How attractive is this > > given the current scenario? > > I haven't spoken to any VCs. I talked to a couple of independent > angel investors. There is definitely interest in Android but one of > the first questions is will it run on other platforms? One guy I > spoke to is already investing in a product that is coming to Android > but their plan is Windows Mobile, then iPhone and then Android. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
