Hi Shane, So I see that MiKandi's been getting a lot of attention on the web lately (I saw a post about it on Droid this morning), so I decided to check it out. As a developer, I'm not going to dismiss a possibly lucrative revenue stream out of hand. But I have to say I'm disappointed.
There are only a few apps right now. Might it have been a better strategy to commission apps or drum up interest in the dev community before launching? And even more troubling are the display issues on my Droid. Icons are grainy and the star rating scale is half obscured (I'm assuming you didn't test for WVGA). Current apps really need to be Droid-compatible...it's the hottest and best-selling Android device right now. Anyway, this basically doesn't make me want to invest my time and energy in developing for your market...sorry. I'll keep an eye on it for a while, but in anywhere near its current state I don't see users adopting this market. Best, Derek Polyclef Software On Nov 23, 11:41 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> 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.comhttp://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.
