Ed, Gears is for web apps, what about native mobile apps?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
