On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:36 PM, George | SlideME <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > 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. > > > > No flags should be raised here. Lots of issues are being addressed that > were left un-attended, and SAM (what Shane was responsible for whilst at > SlideME) is being totally re-engineered for next major v4.0 release. > Tomorrow there is another release of SAM 3.41 that includes what we call > 'Compatibility', device detection and application-to-device matching. > >From statistics I've collected, 30% of users are still on Android 1.5. So any apps targeted at 1.6 and above will break, leading to refunds and/or a bad user experience. So it's good you are ready to release this compatibility feature. Looking forward to the official announcement tomorrow. > Our primary focus lately has been to get SAM preloaded on the top tiered > handset vendors, which we have succeeded in even signing up global deals. > Will update all with all the news sometime this week or next. > > For developers we have released the new SlideLock v2 - a much more robust > approach to prevent forwarding of applications, thus locking your apps to > deviceID. Do check out http://slideme.org/slidelock > > Sure, we haven't kept in communication with this list, but rather have > something 'real' to mention when the time is right. > This is what I was referring to with my original statement. > For now, developers should start preparing their apps for multiple > languages. Sign up to SlideME as a 'developer' for updates and how SlideME > will help you localize your applications and reach all other markets, > including China and non-mobile Android devices. > Is this localization of the SlideME mobile catalog or are you just saying that you can help developers localize their own applications, while the catalog is still in English? > > George | SlideME > > http://SlideME.org > http://twitter.coms/slideme > > > > > > > > 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]<android-discuss%[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 http://twitter.com/sisbell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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