MGoDroid Sean O’Neil, Aaron Tami, Erick Thompson, and Travis Rozek

The Problem No easy way to view MGoBlog on an Android device

The Pitch MGoDroid is a native app for viewing MGoBlog.com It optimizes blog and forum posts for the mobile screen Caching system significantly reduces load times Navigating and replying to forum posts and threads are streamlined MGoDroid provides the ideal solution to using MGoBlog on the go

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The Wall Are people going to download the app? – MGoForum users have shown interest MGoBlog is data intensive. How will it fair on slow 3G connections? – Our caching system reduces load times to a negligible amount Can we compete with the official (and professionally developed) iOS MGoBlog? – YES

Competition AppRSS feediOS MGoBlog(Potential) Mobile MGoBlog MGoDroid Update notifications X Posting comments XXX Share posts with Twitter, Facebook, etc. (Depends on RSS client) X MGoForum and MGoDiaries XXX

Secret Sauce Ability to quickly post comments and reply to them, perfect for on the go We can easily convert MGoDroid into an app for any blog that uses a Drupal CMS – Provide platform for other blogs to publish apps

Weekly Schedule 2/21: Finalize background thread that populates main post list, test loading times with bad signal 3/7: Clean up interface, higher resolution graphics for headers 3/14: Internal testing, squash bugs as they come up 3/21: Begin beta test: give app to friends and family, get feedback from “average” user 3/28: Show app to Brian of MGoBlog, get his blessing (and advertisement on his site)