You might have seen MG’s article titled, “Big in Japan Has a Massive Goal.“ He pretty much hit the nail on the head, but I thought I would explain further. Here was the release that Scott Baradell put together:
Big in Japan, a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications, today announced that its newly formed iPhone Dev Team plans to introduce 100 iPhone applications by the end of 2010. The iPhone Dev Team — a revenue-sharing partnership between the company and individual developers — has already created five apps, ranging from utilities to games, that are available in the iTunes Store.
“With the success of our comparison shopping app ShopSavvy, Big in Japan has negotiated a wide range of distribution, promotion and sponsorship agreements, and has built relationships with agencies and brands such as WPP, Omnicom and Visa,” said Alexander Muse, Big in Japan co-founder. “In essence, we have created a business and marketing pipeline for mobile apps.
“By partnering with individual developers to form the iPhone Dev Team, we enable developers to access this pipeline – reaching more consumers, generating more advertising revenue, and taking advantage of our ability to scale as new applications come on board. Our plan is to fill this pipeline to the tune of 100 iPhone applications over the course of the next 15 months.”
In September, the iPhone Dev Team made its first five applications available for free download at the iTunes Store: Classic Pen and Paper Games, featuring Tic Tac Toe, Hangman and Dots and Boxes; Gravitron X, a gravity-simulator app; Pickr, which polls users with a question of the day; PocketDice, a 3D dice app for role-playing games; and SportsStar, a utility that turns photos into sports trading cards.
Developers who are interested in joining the iPhone Dev Team may contact Big in Japan at sales@biggu.com.
I was pumped to learn that Best Buy was taking pre-orders for the newest Android phone from Motorola called the Droid. Here is the announcement. I ran over to the Park Lane Best Buy store in Dallas only to find the mobile associate and manager had no idea what the DROID was, much less any idea how I could pre-order it. I called Best Buy and managed to talk to someone on their mobile team who called the store, gave them the SKU and helped me complete the pre-order. My advice? Call the store before you go – location search here..
Posted by amuse | October 29, 2009 - 12:21pm | 1 Comment
Category: Android
The emails are constant, “When is the iPhone version coming out?” Our goal was to release sometime this summer. This summer turned into this fall. I can assure you that we are very, very close – the second very only necessary because I have said ‘very close’ previously. The good news is that the version of ShopSavvy that will hit the market will be far more polished than a 1.0 release. It will be BETTER than the original Android version launched last year (and if I don’t say so, that is saying a lot). Here is a short sneak peek video I shot yesterday:
So what is the problem? It is actually pretty silly. One of our developers (i.e. our lead developer) uploaded an older version of ShopSavvy to his iTunes account last year. It came to our attention TODAY that ShopSavvy was going to be released using his personal account and NOT our corporate account. When we tried to rectify this error the iTunes store told us that the name was taken – i.e. by our developer – and that we needed to pick a new name. I reached out to Philip Schiller from Apple and asked him for help moving the name and application from our developer’s account to our corporate account and I am hopeful he will be able to help.
Om Malik is asking, “Will there be an Android App Boom Soon?“ I can’t imagine that there won’t be one. Just look at the number of Android smartphones coming out:
Holy Cow! Flurry is reporting that new Android project starts are up 94% in November. Check it out:
Posted by amuse | October 26, 2009 - 10:51am | No Comments
Category: Android
Rylan and I are taking ShopSavvy on the road next week. There are a number of you who have suggested we get together when we get to San Francisco – well, we are headed west next week. Here is our schedule:
Monday (morning booked, open for meetings in afternoon)
Tuesday (PayPal Innovate09 Conference, open for some meetings in afternoon)
Wednesday (PayPal Innovate09 Conference, open for meetings in afternoon)
Thursday (open for meetings in morning and afternoon)
Friday (booked)
Email jdonica@architel.com to schedule a meeting. We are staying at the Parc 55 so lets try to meet there or close by.
You might have seen MG’s article titled, “Big in Japan Has a Massive Goal.“ He pretty much hit the nail on the head, but I thought I would explain further. Here was the release that Scott Baradell put together:
I was pumped to learn that Best Buy was taking pre-orders for the newest Android phone from Motorola called the Droid. Here is the 
Rylan and I are taking ShopSavvy on the road next week. There are a number of you who have suggested we get together when we get to San Francisco – well, we are headed west next week. Here is our schedule:
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