People have tons of idea all the time. What you need to do is get your mind off thinking how great your idea is and focus on the execution.
Idea not executed well is worth nothing however well it might be protected. On Apr 6, 2009 10:16 PM, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote: ok here's the deal ... Android Market has made an ok start but its clearly not going to make anyone a big return in 2009. The next couple of years may be a different story, but that doesn't change the fact that no one is going to make enough money to give up the dayjob this year. So lets say I have an idea for an app which I think could be a big- seller and the knowledge of how to build it on Android. I could release it on Android and if it was a success, I could maybe make $5,000 in 2009 assuming people liked it of course! Which is very nice - I'm not complaining. But what then if an iPhone developer with all the necessary skills was closely watching the Android market and decided to make a copy of this app and release very quickly to the AppStore - after all, the idea is not protected. He or she could do an almost identical implementation to me and potentially make 100 times the revenue just on account of the current user base on iPhone. So here's what I am thinking. I have 3 options : a) Try and protect the idea, but patents are very hard to achieve and seem to get largely ignored on AppStore (see the number of apps selling copyrighted soundboards for proof of this) b) Buy a Mac and dual build the app myself on AppStore - but this could take months of learning and I am not revelling in the idea of spending many unhappy hours with Objective C c) Pay someone to build the iPhone version (using web site like Elance, Guru, etc) and I would produce the Android version - aim for concurrent release - but could they somehow run off with my idea if this becomes a success on iPhone? I am veering towards c) but am not sure if it gives me enough protection. Of course my idea may make no money at all (!), but its still an interesting point of discussion as many Android developers must be in this position right now ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
