On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:13 PM, sssdeecee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Shane, > > I applaud you and your team for your efforts! > Thanks! > > What does this mean for SlideME? > This doesn't directly impact SlideME, which looks like it is still chugging along. Frankly, I haven't seen anything going on at SlideME in terms of releases or new features since I left. Not even e-mails on this list or active community participation. I hate to say this but this throws up warning flags for me. To survive, there are critical issues that any marketplace has to address, like fragmentation of the android platform and versions, device detection, increasing competition from many major players. That said, this new market is addressing a different need and that is management, communication and understanding of your customer and market. In short, how do you increase sales and user retention for your application. > Quite frankly, I never understood why SlideME could not attract all > the Google Market business; it is vastly superior to Google's > lackluster product. Perhaps many developers simply did not know about > SlideME? > > If my company was still doing Android development, I would certainly > sign-up... but due to the many issues/problems with the Android OS and > infrastructure, we have discontinued all Android development in order > to focus on other more lucrative markets. > > I wish you great success on your new endeavor! > > P.S. If you are interested in my perspective (as a developer) and/or > as an end-user, I'd be happy to test/critique your new product. > I'll contact you off-list. Thanks. > > Best regards, > Shawn > > -- > 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 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.
