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by byoung2 5415 days ago
unless your app is truly groundbreaking and has potential to grow into something much more (eg what Rovio did with Angry Birds), is there really a point in trying to get funding?

Exactly. How is this app different/better than the many great Android RSS reader apps out there. What sort of business model could you build around your app? Text-based ads? I think venture capitalists and tech bloggers alike would ask these questions before giving you the time of day.
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Ramanean 5415 days ago
It's not a RSS reader..It displays a list of articles from a site and once you click on article it would display only the content of the article..I have already listed the reasons above

Main features:Less data usage,Low load times for users,easier to read content

Business model 1:I am going to let website publishers display their textlink ads in between the paragraphs of an article (They would have their own links) My revenue stream: A link in the list of articles as well as a link at the top of article

Business Model 2:A single link between the paragraphs by revenue sharing between the publisher and myself

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byoung2 5415 days ago
It's not a RSS reader

I know it's not an RSS reader...my question is why would I use this app instead of just using an RSS reader. I'm not going to browse Engadget or TechCrunch on a text browser if I just want to read the articles...that's what their RSS feeds are for, and there are some very nice apps for reading them.

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Ramanean 5414 days ago
It's not a RSS Reader/Text Browser..It's somethingt hing like Readability/Instapaper which would just display content of any article..(The problem here is I don't know by what name I should refer my app :D)

The apps you are referring to may do it only for certain sites with RSS feeds but not for all sites..That's where the difference between mine and others

This app gives you a readability experience for all websites(Just displaying the content of an article)

First it would display list of articles ---> Then Choose a article ---> Displays only the content of an article

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