Mobile Multitudes
Ever since I saw the first cell phone with built-in GPS, I knew this would be a hot market for applications. It is nice to have confirmation. In their efforts to make Android/G-Phone an instant market hit, Google ran a contest awarding a quarter of a million dollars to people who wrote cool applications for their mobile platform. Ten teams earned $275,000 each for the software they developed … and each application used GPS in some way. Rephrased: Google gave $2.8 million dollars only to people who developed GPS-aware apps. I can’t comment on any of the winners having not seen their products first hand, but the market validation at play here is extraordinary. GPS combined with wireless data networks and cheep server hosting has created an entirely new and viable market. The ability to tie people on the move with anything that enhances their ability to be on the … Continue reading →