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Someone must be on there way already. Hope they post what they found.
Thanks for the promo code! Works great! ...will post a review for you.
Re:Android's Overblown Fragmentation Problem on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @03:29PM (#4009495)
Price of testing on multiple flavors of web browsers: An internet connection & a few virtual machines to run versions of IE/Firefox.

Price of testing on multiple android devices: Thousands of dollars to purchase new phones without a contract.

Re:Ask HN: Should we rename our startup? on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @01:26PM (#2560874)
I vote change it.
Re:Ask HN: Recommended Android Apps on Friday May 06, 2011 @12:06PM (#2521324)
silencr - Ringer/Sound profiles on a schedule. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.shynnergy.silencr

Pimping my own product, but I use it everyday!

So I assume that your third attempt based on "becoming their competitor or improving upon" strategy.

If so, how difficult was it (or how long did it take) to get organic traffic/customers through google, etc. Since I would think your competitors were more "established" in the pagerank, seo etc.

Basically, I'm just wondering how hard is it to get traction against entrenched players. Even if your product were superior, you still need to draw traffic to sell and prove it.

Don't give up. Make a free version that only generates 3-5 passwords. No one will buy just based on the screenshots... everyone wants to try something out first. That's what I did for my android app, and now I get a few sales a day.
Re:Show HN: My weekend hacking project, Mugshot Wars on Saturday January 22, 2011 @11:32AM (#2130574)
Feels a little unsavory since these are mug shots.