I came across an interesting article today about a neat little iPhone application called Trism. Started as a side
project a few months ago, the author is quitting his day job and getting into iPhone game development after earning an incredible $250,000 in the last two months (and selling at least 50k copies of his game for $4.99).
The Opportunity
In some related news, T-Mobile and Google announced the release of Google’s first mobile phone, the G1. Google plans on having their application marketplace be totally open, which is quite a different model than that of Apple who place tight restrictions on what applications can be listed.
There is a tremendous opportunity for application developers and thinkers to build great mobile applications, and make a ton of money in the process.
But I’m Not a Programmer!
I always assume that will be the first objection I hear. If you have a great idea that is not a good enough excuse for me. Find someone on Craigslist, Elance, or a keen computer science student at the nearest university.
I am amazed at how frequently new business markets are created on the Internet. It is not too late to get involved in the mobile space. If you have an idea run with it! and if you need some help you can always get some friendly advice in our forums.
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Pretty lucky guy – I thought that this field is taken already few years ago, but looks like if You’ve great idea and you are taking action, something great like this happens.
Hi, I agree, just because you have a great Idea but you are not a programmer it doesnt mean you shouldnt persue it. I operate turnkeysolutions.net people who want to operate their own dating site come to us and we build it for them and they promote it, and its all done free of charge, then, we take a cut of the revenue. It is called white labelling. Supermarkets have been doing it for years and now theree is a rapid increase on the net for white label services for pretty much any site you want. I would say its always worth weighing up the options of doing both, looking for a white label site and finding a programmer with the skill to do the work you want effectivly. You might find that you start off with a white label then build your own site/system a few years down the line.
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You both make good points.
A great idea + action = great results
I think online white labeling works very well in existing niches. “Marketing masters” can do great things with white labeled sites, but I think in this case unless you can develop and white-label framework for mobile app development it might not work as well.
Man that is crazy! I find it hard to believe he made that much money but anything is possible
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The G1 phone looks pretty ugly to me – but it’s all about the features I guess
It’s crazy to think something like that can make that much money
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