OpenSatNav

Create Android Market OSN description.

Bug #579414 reported by chris_debian on 2009-08-27

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	OpenSatNav	Fix Released	High	Unassigned	OpenSatNav 1.0

Bug Description

As we get closer to releasing OSN on Market, I was thinking that we probably need to hink about what the user will see when they look-up OSN in Android Market.

I'm guessing we will be limited to a certain number of characters when we write the description, so this will have to be confirmed.

I think the description needs to be short and attractive and maybe something like the words we had for the about screen:

eg Should say that OSN is open-source, and uses information from other open-source projects such as OSM.

Can everyone have a think about what they'd like to see and add comments here.

Many thanks,

Chris.

Revision history for this message

Pontus-osn (pontus-osn) wrote on 2009-09-14:

Actual limits are 80 chars for promo text and 325 chars for description.

Revision history for this message

chris_debian (cjhandrew) wrote on 2009-09-14:

Pontus,

Thanks for the clarification. I'll draft something and circulate for comments.

Cheers,

Chris.

Revision history for this message

chris_debian (cjhandrew) wrote on 2009-09-14:

OSN_Market_words.txt Edit (491 bytes, text/plain)

Initial draft of OSN Market words. We are really constrained by the number of characters we can use, and we need to emphasise OSN's commitment to freedom.

Please review and let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Chris.

Revision history for this message

Kieran Fleming (kieran-fleming) wrote on 2009-09-17:

Some brainstorming:

Here's what we are good at relative to other GPSes:
Free map updates
Worldwide maps and routing
Bicycle and Pedestrian routing
POIs (in most dedicated systems but not in Google Maps)

Here's what we have relative to some programs on the Android market
No ads!
Open development process
No nagware or trialware - we offer our best for everyone

Revision history for this message

chris_debian (cjhandrew) wrote on 2009-09-17:

Thanks, Kieran.

I like all your comments, but we are REALLY constrained. Anyone is free to mess around with the words and see what they can come up with.

Cheers,

Chris.

Revision history for this message

evolvedlight (steve-evolvedlight) wrote on 2009-09-17:

Can I suggest for the promo: OpenSatNav brings open-source satellite navigation to Android handsets.

Description: OpenSatNav is a free and open source navigation application for your android phone. It offers global navigation by car, bike or foot, using freely available data from OpenStreetMap. Data can be contributed back to OSM directly from the application. OpenSatNav has no advertising or nagware.

Revision history for this message

chris_debian (cjhandrew) wrote on 2009-09-18:

Works for me.

Chris.

Revision history for this message

chris_debian (cjhandrew) wrote on 2009-12-03:

This has just been discussed on the OSN-TEAM list, and I think it can be closed. The words are now available for publication when we are ready.

Chris.