What makes you so sure there is a plan and that they're not just responding to demands and suggestions from OEMs, carriers, developers, and users?
Al. 2010/6/19 Tomáš Hubálek <[email protected]> > Hello, > > I know that this is often discussed topic but I think that it is very > important for strategy decisions. > > > ******************************************************************************************************************* > What I would like to hear from Google is what is their short and mid > term strategy regarding Android Market. Whether the will prefer Ads > based model or whether they will open android market for more > countries. > > ******************************************************************************************************************* > > I think that this information is very important for decisions about > investing to development of Android apps. Business model is IMHO > important before you invest any money and current situation (when they > have more than one year on the web that more countries come soon, and > nothing changes it is not trustworthy for me) is IMHO bad for > business. > > Ads based mobile apps needs to be designed differently than paid apps > and uncertainty may cause worse quality of the apps on the market from > long term point of view because to base Android Market apps supply on > free apps from hobbyists is IMHO bad idea. > > I already developed quite successful apps to test demand (4 or 4,5 > stars, more than 1000 installation (not downloads) daily) but because > of uncertainty I'm seriously considering to leave Android (which I > love from technical perspective but hate from business perspective) > and focus on Bada (which seems more much flexible from marketing point > of view) or iPhone. > > There are many features suggested by users that would made my apps > almost perfect but I can't eat rating stars. > > Another problem that can't be successfully solved without investments > of real money is Android fragmentation. There is huge amount of > Android versions, screen resolutions and customized ROMs (HTC Sense, > Motoblur, ...) that can't be tested in emulator that every developer > that wants deliver real quality needs to buy more than phone. > > I'm frustrated from current situation and I guess I'm not alone > Tom > > -- > 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. > > -- -- * 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. -- 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.
