JP, This was really useful. Thanks.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:03 AM, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thought I started this to see what everybody's impressions of the > iPhone App Store launch was, from an app development perspective. > Here's my findings: > > ** Leveraging user's personal data. One user complained that a geo- > aware social networking app directly reached into the phone's contacts > database. Recipe for spamming was the comment and it made we think... > yeah... a description how user's personal data is being leveraged by a > particular app would be helpful; to build user trust. > > ** Battery life. From what we hear even an idle iPhone is a "guzzler". > It is safe to assume that "gPhone"'s will be challenged in similar > ways. So beyond diligently trying to lower battery consumption through > optimized processor utilization, peripheral and network connects, I > think something like a battery-to-usage profile released for each app > would be helpful. Sometimes there might be a trade-off between app > performance and battery use (and BTW how an app dips into the data > plan); consider making performance parameters user-configurable. > > ** Don't dabble. There are a number of pretty sober assessments about > lack of functionality. There was one case I found where an app > basically only opened Safari with a redirect to the companies web > site. > > ** Map view manipulation. Native mapping apps allow user manipulation > of the map view in various ways: zooming, moving the map center > (panning), switch to satellite etc. we all know the features and users > expect to find these in their apps as well. > > ** The hidden agenda. Hard to believe anybody is going to recoup their > investments at price points of ~$2.99*0.7-IRS a pop. Many apps are > even "free". Meaning author doesn't care, or is trying to leverage an > app in other ways, now that eyeballs are looking at it. There are ads > of course, which are all that more annoying on a handset (and probably > don't have much mileage as well). Perhaps one can make an extra buck > off of selling a "no-ads" edition. Then there might be other motives. > Not sure if everybody can buy into this, but being upfront with the > app's "real" motives and how the app is supposed to be leveraged for > *you* would be a good exercise in application "hygiene". > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
