On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shane, > > Your willingness to discuss things which could be mutually beneficial to > both AndAppStore and SlideME has always been refreshing. I wish you all the > best for your future businesses. > Thanks, Al. I wish I could have done more in terms of collaboration between AndAppStore and SlideME, as I think this would have benefited the developer; but as you know, there is that competitive situation and the need to make money. As we discussed before, a big concern of mine is the burden on developers of stocking apps to multiple places. This will get to be even a bigger problem with more app stores appearing. What I would like to explore is the ZappMarket concept (I've been thinking this over for a while). I have JVending out there as open-source and would be a great basis for a community initiative to stock content (like an aggregator but nothing dealing with delivery or selling of apps). So a central place for developers to stock andd manage content. App stores would then be able to pull down the content into their stores. I can work with AndAppStore and SlideME initially, if each side is willing and finds it beneficial. There may be other stores out there that would find this beneficial. The portal itself would be based on JVending (LGPL licensed) and as features are needed, I'd rely on the community to build out what it needs. Getting the content is the hard, time-consuming part of getting an app store started; it is also detracts from the ability to spend resources on the community features and technology. It's also a pain for developers. So these are some further areas that we can explore and maybe find some solution for. > > Al. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > 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. > > On 24 Nov 2009, at 05:41, Shane Isbell wrote: > > Guys, > > Just to let you know, this week will be my last week at SlideME. It's been > a wild ride over the last two years and much of what I set out to do I was > fortunate enough to be able to do with SlideME. It is now the largest > alternative Android marketplace and has a healthy user and developer > community around it. SAM, our client, has been deployed on a large number of > handsets around the world. > > I tried to start something similar with J2ME back in 2003-2004 with > JVending; but it was too early and the market was carrier controlled. All of > that has changed with the iPhone and Android, leaving an opening for > communities like SlideME and AndAppStore to sprout up and grow. > > SlideME has a great, hard-working team behind it and I have confidence that > it will continue to grow and maintain itself with a community focus. It's a > little bumpy as new members of the team get up to speed, so bear with them. > > As for myself, I've formed a fantastic team here in the Seattle area and > partnered with industry experts to build MiKandi - the largest Mobile Adult > App Store: http://mikandi.com. It was an area that other members of > SlideME understandably didn't want to enter, but I found building an app > store as highly disruptive to the adult industry; so I couldn't resist. I > have an itch to do things that haven't been done before. > > MiKandi is currently on the Android platform and all I can say is the > amount of interest from companies and individuals has been amazing. We just > launched today, so check it out. For developers who are frustrated with lack > of sales, you definitely want to check out this industry. In truth, there is > no industry, just a lot of users who are dying to buy mobile Adult apps.. > It's up to you to jump in and build it and make serious money from it. If > interested, I'll send you an invite code. Also check out more info: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7TfRnYSxOU > > I'm also starting another company with Henrique (also a former co-founder > of SlideME). The company is called StackWire and will provide searchable > catalog as a service. Basically indexing of data in the cloud. It will allow > mobile, media application developers to build out their catalogs, optimized > for mobile devices. We are seeing this as an area that is not currently > being met. if you are interested in doing a beta with us, just ping me. > > -- > Shane Isbell (Co-founder of MiKandi - The World's First Mobile Adult > AppStore) > http://mikandi.com > http://twitter.com/sisbell > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- Shane Isbell (Co-founder of MiKandi - The World's First Mobile Adult AppStore) http://mikandi.com http://twitter.com/sisbell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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