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Re: Android apps development

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On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, Lew wrote:

> From a pragmatic standpoint, Android is a lucrative gold-rush land for 
> Java developers,

It is? Is anyone making serious P from Android apps? I know a few people 
involved in iPhone apps; none of them have made more than beer money 
(well, champagne money, perhaps) from apps they've written themselves, and 
one who's contracting to write apps for companies is not exactly coining 
it in. Those in my professional circle sweating away in the e-commerce 
contracting mines are certainly commanding higher day rates. I can't 
imagine Android apps are much different.

> but one must strive mightily to succeed over the herd of other 
> prospectors staking Android claims in dreams of easy riches.

Ah - is your metaphor that many will pan the rivers in vain, but the lucky 
few will hit paydirt and become so rich they're paying for the finest 
floozies in Sacramento with bags of gold dust? Again, has anyone actually 
achieved this? I suppose Roxio probably have; i don't know how much of 
that money is going to developers rather than some kind of suited people. 
Apparently a chap called Yong Zhang has made a colossal amount of money 
from a range of emulators for old video game consoles. Anyone else?

tom

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  Re: Android apps development Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-04-02 08:47 +0000
    Re: Android apps development Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-04-02 10:52 -0700
      Re: Android apps development Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-02 11:13 -0700
        Re: Android apps development Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-02 14:25 -0400
          Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 20:22 +0100
          Re: Android apps development Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-03 00:06 +0100
            Re: Android apps development Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-02 19:10 -0400
            Re: Android apps development Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 21:27 -0400
        Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-03 10:48 +1200
          Re: Android apps development Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-02 16:01 -0700
            Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-03 12:56 +1200
              Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 17:31 +0100
  Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-02 21:57 +1300
    Re: Android apps development Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-04-02 10:07 -0300
      Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-03 10:44 +1200
        Re: Android apps development Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-04-03 10:36 -0300
    Re: Android apps development Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-02 06:24 -0700
      Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 14:44 +0100
      Re: Android apps development Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-04-02 10:53 -0700
        Re: Android apps development Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-02 11:10 -0700
      Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-03 10:33 +1200
    Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 14:43 +0100
      Re: Android apps development Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-02 11:04 -0400
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