AppCampus and Foundbite

James Mundy

@MendzappJames

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Alphalabs

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appcampus

• £15 million program run by Nokia, Aalto University and Microsoft.

• Awards of €20,000, €50,000 and €70,000.

• Bringing innovative app ideas to Windows Phone.

appcampus.fi

how it works

recent changes

• More focus on proven track record of company or individual.

• Interested in seeing download numbers, reviews and ratings.

• Under some circumstances the app doesn’t necessarily have to be Windows Phone first.

AppCademy

• Opportunity to travel to Finland.

• Mentoring.• Training.• Meet other

developers.• Pitching.

foundbite

appcampus application• Include as much information as possible.• Demo of the app.• Background information on you/your team.• Know your revenue models• Competitors• Video pitch introducing team and idea• Presentation

The more information the better….

first beta release

beta feedbackFirst Impressions of the concept: 84/100

First Impressions of the app: 65/100

But, when I used it for the first time, I'm quite confused with how we take picture. For example, there are only 2 buttons on the application bar.

I love it. I use it and just think of sharing them with my friends! It doesn't try to do too much, but what it does it does very well, and I'm glad of the direction it is

taking. There's sharing a picture, and now there's sharing a picture... with sound!

foundbite now

camera page• Dispose and load camera at

every opportunity• Not every phone has a flash• Possible to change focus

illumination mode.• 1020 doesn’t have lowest

resolution.• Still lots of bugs to fix!

More info:mendeztosome.wordpress.com

test on the 520

• Cheapest• Most used• Lowest performance• Dullest screen• No flash

Why not is Foundbite not on Windows Phone 7?

Windows Phone Foundbite.co

ASP.NET web API ASP.NET MVC

Cloudant No-SQL Databasearchitecture

components and services usedTools• ExifReader (free)• Facebook C# SDK (free)• TweetSharp (free)• Telerik RadControls ($99)• Silverlight WP Toolkit

(free)• Fody Property Changed

(free)

Services• Windows Azure

(BizSpark/free)• StartSSL ($59.90)• MailChimp (free)• Team Foundation Service

(free)• Flurry (free)• Crittercism (free)• Uservoice (free)• New Relic (free)

running a beta

• 10,000 testers• Updates available 2

hours later – no certification

• 3 month limit

signups

• Free for 12,000 email a month

• Easily segment list• Quick sign up

What’s next?

Thanks!

jamesmundy@mendzapp.com