I was also thinking of making some bucks from AndNav... As I think that Ads are definitely not the perfect thing, especially in a mobile-application, I was thinking of selling a life-long IMEI- based (device-unique) for <= $1 or whatever is in the lowest end of the "Android Market"-Appstore-Thing pricing.
What would you think about this: "Navigation App for $1" ? Would $1 be a hard drawback to give the app try? Regards, plusminus On 14 Jul., 05:08, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
