"Given the choice between an app which has been widely publicised as being Google backed and one which has come from another developer which do you think users will chose?" Well, I wrote an app that synchronizes with Google Reader and is offline capable. It is based on a Google service, but adds something on top that the Google service or the web app doesn't have. Google hasn't even announced or hinted to an Android app for Google Reader themselves, but still I get comments like this:
"**** Very good. Its not slow at all. But i think i rather wait for an official GReader app." So that's how strong the pull of the Google name is ;-) But that's also what gets users onto the platform and they developers suffering from it are collateral damage. Of course I would prefer if Google would direct the resources to the framework or, pretty please, make the Android Market suck less. But with the 20% projects I think that it's a big part of the game that the developers can decided what tickles their fancy, not what is needed. And if I were a Google dev I would'nt like any other way. And seeing that Google developers, e.g. Dianne, responding to mails on the dev list on the weekends, it seems to me that there are Googlers spending their spare time on things that matter to us. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]>wrote: > Would be interesting to see if there's any cut in the 20% time due to the > global downturn. Hope not. > > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz > http://androidrocks.googlecode.com - Android Consulting. > > Andy Warhol <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/andy_warhol.html> - > "I am a deeply superficial person." > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Am Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:33:58 +0530 >> schrieb Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]>: >> >> I do not think that they want to control what their developers do in >> these 20%. Philosophically it's the first working implementation of an >> "idea box" to milk the ideas of employees that I've heard of ;) >> >> Andreas >> >> >> > I don't think Google can control what their developers would spend >> > time on in their 20% free time. So we can expect many products coming >> > out of Google and their developers competing against both opensource >> > and paid. >> > >> > take care, >> > Muthu Ramadoss. >> > >> > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz >> > http://androidrocks.googlecode.com - Android Consulting. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/04/secrets-for-android.html >> > > >> > > And >> > > >> > > http://www.openintents.org/en/node/205 >> > > (which was previously >> > > http://code.google.com/p/android-passwordsafe/) >> > > >> > > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.splashidandroid >> > > >> > > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alienmanfc6.passwordvault >> > > >> > > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.android.keepass >> > > >> > > It would seem that even products where Google don't have a current >> > > equivalent product could be at risk of getting rolled on by the >> > > Google machine. >> > > >> > > Al. >> > > >> > > --- >> > > >> > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * >> > > >> > > ====== >> > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >> > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >> > > >> > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> > > subsidiaries. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
