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Hard Copy - Unofficial Instapaper client: http://www.appbrain.com/app/hard-copy-instapaper-app/com.tonycosentini.hardcopy http://www.appbrain.com/app/hard-copy-
by starnix17 16y ago
Hard Copy - Unofficial Instapaper client: http://www.appbrain.com/app/hard-copy-instapaper-app/com.tonycosentini.hardcopy http://www.appbrain.com/app/hard-copy-instapaper-app/com.ton...
It's a fun project to get into Android with. I imagine that my pizza/date money income from the project is going to disappear now that Marco is working on Instapaper full-time (as he's probably working on an Android client).
- ydant 16y agoI don't know Marco, so I don't know his motivations or plans, but he's pretty disparaging of Android on his blog. A lot of what he says I agree with, but a lot of it reads like baseless commentary from the sidelines without having used the product much. So I wouldn't necessarily count on an Android client being his top priority. If you can make your client work exceptionally well and fit the Android mentality, you have an opportunity to be fairly entrenched and beat out the official client - I wouldn't give up. One thing Marco does well is think out every user interface decision and add polish to the product. If you don't do that, and he does release an Android client, that could kill your app's success pretty quickly. Polish is something Android is lacking pretty heavily, and we all notice it when it's there.
- starnix17 16y agoHe said on Twitter that he was working with a contractor on it, but it fell through. I think my app has polish, and it's slowly getting better, but most of it based on the official app adapted to Android UX patterns. Either way, Marco is nice enough to allow third party clients and I've made more than I thought I would already.
- haseman 16y agoI second the other comment on this thread. Android is still in wild-west mode. Don't give up!