I have just started a small business (www.SPEEDFLIRT.co.uk) and although still early days, am ready to start progressing with the next idea in parallel, knowing full well (after the first one) that it can take 4- to 6 months to get anything ready for the end-consumer.

I want to develop some relatively simple mobile application products such as a mobile raffle application. Someone I am sure will have already created something out there, just that I havent found it yet!

However, if it is a simple app, I would prefer to build it myself, so I can white label it. Does anyone have any expereience in this area, and would they be willing to have a chat face-to-face on the subject?

NB: I am always open to partnerships with people who have energy and common sense in abundance!

Cheers, Alastair Birt

Alex - Thanks. Very useful info, which I hope will take me in the right direction! Alastair

On 10:44:09 12 March 2003 Alex wrote:
>Alastair,
>
>If you after building something yourself I'd recommend
>looking at some of the Open Source projects out there that
>have already built systems similar to the one you are
>talking about. The Kannel Project (http://www.kannel.org)
>has a SMS gateway that will work well with a very
>reasonably priced SIM modem so you could get up and
>running quickly and cheaply.
>
>Have a look at the user mail groups
>(http://www.mail-archive.com/users@kannel.3glab.org/)
>which has a good discussion from users all around the
>place doing projects like yours.
>
>Finally if you get stuck and still can't find what you
>want, then you can very reasonably get a programmer to
>build it for you. Rent a coder,
>(http://www.rentacoder.com) is one of the great places out
>there for this.
>
>Alex
>
>On 14:11:58 3 March 2003 alastairbirt wrote:
>>I have just started a small business
>>(www.SPEEDFLIRT.co.uk) and although still early days,
>am
>>ready to start progressing with the next idea in
>parallel,
>>knowing full well (after the first one) that it can
>take
>>4- to 6 months to get anything ready for the
>end-consumer.
>>
>>I want to develop some relatively simple mobile
>>application products such as a mobile raffle
>application.
>>Someone I am sure will have already created something
>out
>>there, just that I havent found it yet!
>>
>>However, if it is a simple app, I would prefer to
>build it
>>myself, so I can white label it. Does anyone have any
>>expereience in this area, and would they be willing to
>>have a chat face-to-face on the subject?
>>
>>NB: I am always open to partnerships with people who
>have
>>energy and common sense in abundance!
>>
>>Cheers, Alastair Birt