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MIDP - Popular Applications
It is estimated that in a few
years 20 % of revenue for Telecom Service Providers will come from value added
services. And building a mobile application is no big deal as most of these applications
piggy ride on the existing dot coms. Want to do a shopping applications contact
e-Bay and show them some profit sharing proposal. Six months flat the application
is earning revenues. Let's look at some of the popular applications doing rounds.
Ring Tones: Any time
a number uno service.
Greetings: Regular revenue
earner. Picks up during festivals and Special days like Valentines day etc
Dating: Safe and reliable
system should be designed so that user cannot be tracked
Sport: Schedules and
scores
Contests: Same old trick
- easy questions, lots of correct answers and the lucky draw.
Games: Popularity led
Sun to add Gaming API in MIDP 2.0
Travel info: Travel confirmation
status, Timings, Late arrivals etc
Exams: Schedules and
results
Movies and TV guide:
timings and locations
Messaging: Mails, Chatrooms
etc
Jokes: Easy to develop.
Not much of resources required
News: Generates revenue
when special events occur
Astrology: Sun Signs,
Moon Signs, numerology etc
Ticketing: Movie, Airline,
Sports etc
Pay bills: Electricity,
gas bills etc
Mobile banking: Gets
quit a lot of hits at the end of the month when salaries are remitted.
Stock Quotes: For one
of those business guys.
Mobile Discount Coupons:
There are discounts all over the place
City Guides: When clubbed
with Location API becomes a truly Wi-Fi application.
Jobs: Very tedious, Think
about typing cover letter on your mobile, leave alone resume
Yellow Pages: Would you
like to search for a phone number on your mobile
Mutual Funds, Insurance:
Calculations on the fly.
Shopping: Do you plan
to buy a shirt on your mobile
Movie Trailers: Jerky
downloads
Songs: Nowadays mobiles
come with FM radio.
These applications can make
a lot of money for you but think out of the box so that you dont get afflicted
by "Too many mobile startup's syndrome".
