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For the last year or so, I've been on the look out for an Android developer to team up with and make some Android widgets. I do 3D modeling, so I can make some pretty fancy stuff that could be turned into some slick widgets. However, I don't know anything about Android development, so it's nearly impossible for me to bring any of my ideas to fruition without a skilled coder.
The kind of stuff I have in mind could easily go on the Android market for at least 99 cents. I've been an avid Android user since the G1, and I'm a former writer for Android Central, so I've got a firm grasp on how much people love cool/nifty/unique widgets. I say 99 cents as a price point, but I'd even be willing to offer up some widgets for free, just to see how they do.
Anyway, if you're an Android developer with some widget writing skills, and some spare time on your hands -- let me know. I can provide fancy graphics, and you do the coding.
And of course, if this type of thread isn't allowed here, feel free to lock it up, mods.
update!
Well, how about that? This thread went better than could have possibly ever imagined. Few days after I posted this thread, fellow AnandTech member nsiderTalon dropped me a PM. We exchanged a few PMs through AnandTech, and then took it to emails.
Based on the conversations we had, nsiderTalon told me he's a programmer just getting started with Android. He felt confident in his ability to learn the platform, so we went ahead and started on a battery widget. A couple days into that, we started discussing a clock widget. I hunkered down and did some graphics work, and once the clock design came together, we ditched the battery widget and went ahead with the clock instead.
Over the next few weeks, he was cranking out beta build after beta build, while I came up with 9 skins and endlessly tweaked the design. Both our friends and coworkers were turned into beta testers. After exchanging close to 350 emails, countless test builds, and feedback from testers and friends, today we reached version 1.0, which is currently up in the Android market for $1.00.
I had no idea this thread would have worked out so well in the end. One app down, and plans for several more flying around my head.
Kinetic Clock for Android by Watchmaker Dev
Update 2!
So this is going much better than either of us anticipated. We pushed out an update on Friday which added 6 new skins, as well as some improvements to the current set. Saturday we were featured on Android Central, and it's been a wild ride since. I won't give any exact numbers, but when the market updates later tonight, our download chart should read "1,000 - 5,000 installs."
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-app-review-kinetic-clock
And I was just digging through the market earlier and came across this.
And here I was back in July, debating on whether or not it'd be a waste of time to even make this thread.
The kind of stuff I have in mind could easily go on the Android market for at least 99 cents. I've been an avid Android user since the G1, and I'm a former writer for Android Central, so I've got a firm grasp on how much people love cool/nifty/unique widgets. I say 99 cents as a price point, but I'd even be willing to offer up some widgets for free, just to see how they do.
Anyway, if you're an Android developer with some widget writing skills, and some spare time on your hands -- let me know. I can provide fancy graphics, and you do the coding.
And of course, if this type of thread isn't allowed here, feel free to lock it up, mods.
update!
Well, how about that? This thread went better than could have possibly ever imagined. Few days after I posted this thread, fellow AnandTech member nsiderTalon dropped me a PM. We exchanged a few PMs through AnandTech, and then took it to emails.
Based on the conversations we had, nsiderTalon told me he's a programmer just getting started with Android. He felt confident in his ability to learn the platform, so we went ahead and started on a battery widget. A couple days into that, we started discussing a clock widget. I hunkered down and did some graphics work, and once the clock design came together, we ditched the battery widget and went ahead with the clock instead.
Over the next few weeks, he was cranking out beta build after beta build, while I came up with 9 skins and endlessly tweaked the design. Both our friends and coworkers were turned into beta testers. After exchanging close to 350 emails, countless test builds, and feedback from testers and friends, today we reached version 1.0, which is currently up in the Android market for $1.00.
I had no idea this thread would have worked out so well in the end. One app down, and plans for several more flying around my head.
Kinetic Clock for Android by Watchmaker Dev
Update 2!
So this is going much better than either of us anticipated. We pushed out an update on Friday which added 6 new skins, as well as some improvements to the current set. Saturday we were featured on Android Central, and it's been a wild ride since. I won't give any exact numbers, but when the market updates later tonight, our download chart should read "1,000 - 5,000 installs."
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-app-review-kinetic-clock
And I was just digging through the market earlier and came across this.
And here I was back in July, debating on whether or not it'd be a waste of time to even make this thread.
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