I'll bet you product managers at said companies do randomly browse message boards that happen to contain suggestions about a product. And of course they are influenced by what they read.
I like the idea of an underground ad campaign for Android. I also like this list. Other boards are better for a specific purpose, and IRC is great if that's your thing, but I think this is the board people are most likely to find, that can accept the broadest range of Android related topics. On Sep 8, 11:53 am, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > Just an FYI - most companies treat creative input/suggestions the same > as patents - if they were even hinted at from outside, they are off > limits. (I don't know what google, htc, tmobile, sprint policies are, > but it would surprise me greatly if any of them had a reasonable way > to accept and use an unsolicited outside advertising idea. It also > wouldn't be that shocking if they later refuse a campaign proposal > because someone reviewing it remembered a thread like this one and > thought it might be too similar.) > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:35 AM, The Jaded Tech<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sep 6, 3:22 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ian wrote: > >> > I think there's a strong need to better advertise the Google Android > >> > phones for them to succeed against the iPhone. > > >> Why does Android have to "succeed against the iPhone"? One of the > >> complaints I've heard about Android fans is that they seem fixated on > >> beating the iPhone. > > > Both make a good point but if you 'shoot for the starts you'll at > > least hit the moon' type of deal. Aiming to 'beat the iPhone' is a > > good goal but with all markets, they will swing back and forth. So > > carving out a good market share is will end up happening. > > > As to creating a marketing campaign....I just got the coolest idea. > > See, way back when there was only black & white tv, there was lots of > > talk about robots doing our work for us. Extending that idea into a > > sort of underground marketing campaign (put on by Android owners) > > would probably be the most awesomest thing in the world. (I've > > trademarked that spelling of awesomest<G>). > > > As long as I get some credit for the idea, I'm good with allowing > > others with time and talent for pulling off such a project. > > > DragonDon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
