Comments on: Advisory Board Assignment #3: Android!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:19 +0000

I have moved over to the Droid and would like to continue using ewallet. There is no good password manager for the Droid except for SpashIDs product, which I would just as soon not have to try and import my data into.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:21 +0000

@Jim:
“On 11/2/2009 you’re only just considering an Android port”

Not quite accurate. We’ve considered an Android port since the device came out. Like all new platforms we continue to revisit it until we make a firm decision one way or another. With the release of Droid we thought it might be a good time to get some additional feedback.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:44:27 +0000

On 11/2/2009 you’re only just considering an Android port. That’s discouraging! As a longtime e-wallet user, I would have been glad to purchase an Android upgrade. But now I need to migrate to another app so I can get my info onto my new droid. I’ll stay on your update e-mail list, so in the future if you provide a port, I can consider switching back.

Have had the droid for a week and it’s outstanding. Watch the uptake on the stock Android 2.0 release. As I understand it, the droid is pure Android 2.0 without vendor UI mods. Per the Moto dev site, the Android 2.0 emulator IS the droid emulator. You might find a good business case supporting stock Android 2.0.

By: Rhonda Seamonds

Rhonda Seamonds — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:31:46 +0000

I think with the release of the new Droid, you now have an explosion of new potential customers willing to buy eWallet. According to the AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, “Devices running on Android accounted for 17% of smartphone traffic in the US in September 2009, up from 13% in August 2009.” I’m sure that percentage will skyrocket now that the Dorid has been launched.

I don’t want to switch to another program, but if you don’t release an Android version (and soon), I will.

By: Steve Mason

Steve Mason — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:54:28 +0000

Like many of those above, I’ve been using eWallet for years and have talked many others into doing so. I am on Verizon and am about to get a smartphone, probably the Droid.

I’ve been playing with a trial version of SplashID (which seems to sync with everything) and will look at Keepass but I’d much prefer to stay with eWallet if possible.

By: Sanjiv Thakor

Sanjiv Thakor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:05:02 +0000

I have been using eWallet for more than the last 5 years now and have loads of data stored into it. I switched from Palm to iPhone only because iPhone had eWallet available. In the future if I decide to switch to Android then it will be if eWallet app is available on Android based device or not.

By: Dave Watts

Dave Watts — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:25:23 +0000

If there was an Android version of eWallet, I’d buy it today. I’ve been using eWallet for many, many years on my Windows machines and my WM phones, and I just got the Droid the day it came out. The phone is fantastic, and if I have to choose between eWallet and the Droid, I’ll switch to KeePass.

I think some of the current statistics about the Android platform and the people using it aren’t very useful. As more people get it, they’ll be more likely to buy software for it, and there’ll be more people writing non-free software for it.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:55:47 +0000

Shortly I’ll be switching to an Android-based phone (Moto Droid, probably), and I would love to see e-Wallet on the Android platform. The smartphone space will be very competitive from this point forward, and I view Android as a lasting alternative in this space. I’m very happy with e-Wallet, and would hate to switch. If you don’t offer an Android-based product, I’ll have no choice but to move on.

By: Bob Preston

Bob Preston — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:24:19 +0000

I have been an ewallet user for some time on Palm Treo OS and have recently switched to Android Droid phone over the Palm Pre. I would like to use eWallet for Android, but if I if nothing is available soon, I will lieklly switch to a new product available on Android.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:19:12 +0000

One of your cons listed is that each vendor can tweak the UI. This may be true, but I believe that if you use the Android 2.0 SDK, you will mitigate much of the UI issues. It may be too bad for the G1 users, but the Droid market is far larger.

eWallet has been the best password storage software for my Windows Mobile phone and the only “Oh, Dang.” thought I had after buying the Droid was “Oh, Dang.. I forgot about eWallet.”

As many have indicated here, I would gladly pay for it as well.