Completely agree, its hard to believe that its been a more than a year with Android. Android is alive and kicking like never before.
Wishing all droids an Healthy & Wealthy 2009! take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://mobeegal.in - mobile search. redefined. +91 98403 48914 http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Muthu, It's been a bit of a wild ride on this one. Getting the int'l > and domestic tax issues resolved, working with merchant processors and > connecting all the moving components on this one was pretty challenging for > our team. Fortunately, we had some great advisers. Now we can get back to > focusing on product development and the community. Hard to believe it's been > over a year since we first started. > > Shane > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Muthu Ramadoss > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Fantastic! >> >> Great work Shane. Looking forward to the paid apps on SAM. >> >> take care, >> Muthu Ramadoss. >> >> http://mobeegal.in - mobile search. redefined. +91 98403 48914 >> http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> As a note, there are some key differences between Android Market and >>> SlideME Market - http://slideme.org: 1) we will be supporting global >>> billing; 2) developers from any country can stock paid applications. 3) we >>> aren't taking out 30% download fees + transactions, our's are 0% + >>> transactions. >>> >>> This makes SlideME Market much more favorable to the developer than >>> Handango (40% cut), AndroidMarket (30%), AndroidGuys Store (20%). We also >>> have a SAM client similar to AndroidMarket, making the user experience much >>> better than Handango and AndroidGuys Store, both of which rely on xHTML and >>> traditional web carts, which is a terrible experience for the mobile device >>> shopper. >>> >>> Shane >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Shane Isbell >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> We, at SlideME, have been quiet on the android lists for the last two >>>> months and this has been due to the complexity of the billing solution: >>>> everything from getting the tax and legal issues sorted to security and >>>> high >>>> availability of our servers. >>>> >>>> So I just want to give developers a heads up. We have everything lined >>>> up to handle purchase of paid applications through our SAM client. We will >>>> be launching sometime next week. Our system will be able to handle >>>> micropayments for as low at 50 cents. As we promised, we will only be >>>> passing on transaction costs to the developer. >>>> >>>> So start prepping and polishing your paid applications, you only have a >>>> week or so. We are going to have a pretty big campaign push around this, so >>>> expect some serious visibility for your applications. If you are a business >>>> or developer that has specific issues or concerns that need to be addressed >>>> before launch, contact me or George. We will be sending out developer >>>> agreements as early as this week. >>>> >>>> We also have a couple of other big announcements for next week, so stay >>>> tuned. >>>> >>>> Have fun, >>>> Shane >>>> >>>> http://slideme.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
