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This phone is one of the most exciting things happening, at least for me: It has a barometer! Joining the ranks of the Galaxy Nexus, Note, and Moto Xoom. Except
by cryptoz 14y ago
This phone is one of the most exciting things happening, at least for me: It has a barometer! Joining the ranks of the Galaxy Nexus, Note, and Moto Xoom. Except, I think the SGS3 is way more popular than any of those others (by a couple orders of magnitude in some cases).
I'm the developer of pressureNET, an open source Android project to build a live, global barometer network. The project has seen solid growth, but not on the scale that would allow for groundbreaking weather prediction. We get about 17,000 measurements per day, but I think I need something like 1,000,000.
Does anyone have ideas that could help me with marketing and growing the network with the release of this phone? I've been posting to Reddit, XDA, HN, Twitter, Facebook, etc, but I worry about spamming them and I think I have saturated my audience there.
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but I'm anxious about missing out on all these new barometer users.
- pnachbaur 14y agoGiven that a barometer is seemingly so rare on the market (and your app is probably one of the few set to take advantage of it) maybe you could talk to Samsung about a cross-promotional type deal? It could allow them to further differentiate and market their phone, and you'd get your data!
- cryptoz 14y agoI've been thinking about contacting the manufacturers for a while, but the task is daunting. Does this kind of thing actually work? I'll definitely investigate this with the kind of response I've had here on HN, it sounds like it may almost be common. Thanks for the help!
- StavrosK 14y agoWho cares? If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Just contact them.
- objclxt 14y agoAs someone else has pointed out, talk to Samsung. I don't know where you're based, but they have regional teams that do developer outreach. I've found them to be very helpful.
- cryptoz 14y agoI'm in Montreal, and will definitely check out regional opportunities! What sort of help did they provide you with? I always imagined it would near impossible for a small, part-time dev to talk to a giant company like Samsung.
- runjake 14y agoYou might try touching base with Steve Kondik (@cyanogen; of Cyanogenmod fame) who now works for Samsung. You might briefly explain your project and see if he can get you in touch with the right person at Samsung/Google.
- bond 14y agoMaybe you can convince Samsung to install your app as part of the phone's app package...