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We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by KentuckyJim »

kingsley_20 wrote: post #8

Co-founder here. We got really, really good at building pretty decent apps in a hackathon timeframe. That's what we're offering - nothing more or less. I'm going to offer a freebie for HN users - the top reply to this comment which is a project we can take on and build, we'll do for free.

I want a widget that I can use on my android phone to link things to my wife. I imagine something like this already exists,I just don't know what it would be called.

I would like to:

1. Use a Google drive account as our shared storage space.

2. Be able to drag and drop files, images, links, maybe drawings to a widget that we each have on our phone. Maybe just having a separate option appear that says "send to widget thing" would be more reasonable.

3. I would like a notification to appear along with led notification. I would prefer to choose how the notification appears.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by xur17 »

KentuckyJim wrote: post #21
kingsley_20 wrote: post #8

Co-founder here. We got really, really good at building pretty decent apps in a hackathon timeframe. That's what we're offering - nothing more or less. I'm going to offer a freebie for HN users - the top reply to this comment which is a project we can take on and build, we'll do for free.

I want a widget that I can use on my android phone to link things to my wife. I imagine something like this already exists,I just don't know what it would be called. I would like to: 1. Use a Google drive account as our shared storage space. 2. Be able to drag and drop files, images, links, maybe drawings to a widget that we each have on our phone. Maybe just having a separate option appear that says "send to widget…

What about something like pushbullet? It doesn't have a widget like you described, but it allows you to easily send files, links, etc to each other (you can send to 'friends' now too).

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by KentuckyJim »

xur17 wrote: post #22
KentuckyJim wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want a widget that I can use on my android phone to link things to my wife. I imagine something like this already exists,I just don't know what it would be called. I would like to: 1. Use a Google drive account as our shared storage space. 2. Be able to drag and drop files, images, links, maybe drawings to a widget that we each have on our phone. Maybe just having a separate option appear that says "send to widget…

What about something like pushbullet? It doesn't have a widget like you described, but it allows you to easily send files, links, etc to each other (you can send to 'friends' now too).

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by kingsley_20 »

kyriakos wrote: post #18

are there any samples of client work you've done? really interested to see. thanks. if you can share the app names in public that is..

We can share the ones that we have developed ourselves: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Ideophone&hl...) 1. One Touch SOS & variants (we have some country specific variants with local police/security integrations). 2. Suruk: a user-configurable tuktuk/taxi meter, to double check that you're not being cheated. Some versions with adequate usage also give crowdsourced estimates of average distance between points. 3. Kopa is a whitelabel Ride sharing app targeted at events 4. DroidJuice plots and graphs your battery usage online (without draining your battery itself), and lets you send automatic "low battery" messages to a predefined receiver list or FB.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by kingsley_20 »

xur17 wrote: post #14
kingsley_20 wrote: post #8

Co-founder here. We got really, really good at building pretty decent apps in a hackathon timeframe. That's what we're offering - nothing more or less. I'm going to offer a freebie for HN users - the top reply to this comment which is a project we can take on and build, we'll do for free.

I'd love an app frontend for http://pizzacodes.com . This would basically consist of two unique pages / views: 1. A location search 'view'. 2. A Location view that would show a list of coupons for that given store. Both of these views would use an api that I create to return the nearby stores / content.

Ok, you're on. Let's connect over email? Mine's kingsley@ideophone.in .

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by xur17 »

kingsley_20 wrote: post #25
xur17 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love an app frontend for http://pizzacodes.com . This would basically consist of two unique pages / views: 1. A location search 'view'. 2. A Location view that would show a list of coupons for that given store. Both of these views would use an api that I create to return the nearby stores / content.

Ok, you're on. Let's connect over email? Mine's kingsley@ideophone.in .

Excellent, can't wait to get started! I'll send you an email tonight to connect.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by kingsley_20 »

bmcd wrote: post #17
kingsley_20 wrote: post #8

Co-founder here. We got really, really good at building pretty decent apps in a hackathon timeframe. That's what we're offering - nothing more or less. I'm going to offer a freebie for HN users - the top reply to this comment which is a project we can take on and build, we'll do for free.

I don't know why Instagram or Twitter haven't done this yet, but I'd love an application that shows me the top 10 newsworthy photos on a world map (Google Maps). So in the US, I might see a few over NYC and LA or maybe another in the Gulf from a recent oil spill. The photos would change based on where I zoom in or out. The app could look at Instagram's popular page or how many retweets/favorites the photo had on Twit…

This sounds like a really cool idea. We gave the freebie to someone else, but if you want to pay to have this developed, we can certainly do that for you.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by yashg »

RyanZAG wrote: post #6

$250 for a full day of both devs and designers, plus some kind of product manager to work through the idea? Can't say it's not cheap. I have my doubts you'll end up with anything impressive though. Would be nice for someone to give it a try and post the results. EDIT: To clarify, I have doubts because it is cheap. Generally a team which can build good mobile apps would have no need to try and get work for $250 a day…

The prices are about right. They may seem super cheap to others but are on a bit higher side for India. A decent developer's salary costs are between $40-$60 a day in India and that is a very good salary that the developer is making. Same for the designer.

Re: We'll Develop Your Idea Into an Android App in 24 Hours

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Post by ppradhan »

A friend of mine approached this team with an app idea he had. They discussed the scope and these guys did give an estimate of 3 days.

Then, bizarrely enough, they said they wouldn't be able to work on the product because they 'don't have a working android tablet'. Very strange response/excuse indeed.

This is certainly a clever way for them to advertise what they have on offer on HN - but there seems to be a difference in the way they are advertising their services and the way they are responding to proposals.

Would like to hear from people that ended up working with them.

Edit: my friend was also asked by these guys if he as any 'friends in bangalore than can lend them an android tablet'... I'm not sure what to make of that!

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