Now i have already discussed on Why you should Build a Rom and make it Public, and if you are here then either you must have been through the other 2 parts of this Article or you should go through them before reading this. This article makes you aware of the tips and techniques that you need to keep in mind while being a Rom Developer for Windows Mobile Phone Device. This is the 3rd Part of the 3 Part series of this article.
Publicize your Rom
The best way to Popularize your work is by Promoting it to different blogs and forums. This way a wide range of users around the world will have access to your Rom thereby increasing the acceptance and value of your work.
Good looking User Interface and Graphics
This is another very important aspect that defines your Rom and makes it distinct from others. Work on that graphics that can be changed in your Rom, try different themes and skin enhancements in different aspects of windows os like dialer, lockscreen, fonts etc. You can get our set of highly innovative Skins from HERE.
Keep Reading and Exploring
Reading different developments in windows mobile is very important so that you can incorporate them in your Roms. Staying updated yourself and in turn keeping updated your users is a very important aspect. Cause it just takes a minute before your users starts using someone else Rom having the updated feature.
Keep Polls and ask Questions
Polls and asking questions from users is a very important way by which you can interact with users and get their feedback. Polls can be asking them about their preferences. Which applications they like or dislike, asking frequents questions on that changes you will be making in the Rom cause at the end of the day it is them who will be using them.
Learn from Competition
I don’t call the fellow developers a competition and usually many share their work and are supportive like i am to each other’s work. But you can learn from what is included in their Rom and if its catchy and important then you can add it to your Rom aswel. There might be many new and useful applications and features that other developers might be using and you are not even aware of that. It can be very helpful in evolving your Rom completely.
Release Rom in different Languages
To be able to handle more than one Rom language is not an easy job. So as soon as you feel that your Rom has reached a nearly perfect stage you can release a stable release in different languages. Your Rom in sub languages need not be updated very frequently as they will be mostly bug free and a in a good set of applications and features coming out of many pre-releases. You can learn How to create Rom in different Languages.
Listen and Learn from Users
Listening what a user has to say about their experiences on using your Rom is very important. They might have something very important to share from their experiences which you can incorporate in your Rom. It really helps in fixing bugs and improving your Rom further.
In the end you are the Decision Maker
Its you who has to take the decisions in the end. There will be many people wanting you to do this or that and add this or remove that but in the end you have to keep an unbiased judgment on all the requests, ideas and suggestions and bring forward the changes that you feel the masses are going to appreciate. And for that you will need to take care of all the above mentioned points in mind.
Give Credits
Not to forget that 70%-80% of your work is inspired from that of other developers. And it wonk charge you anything to be humbly give credit or some appreciation to the help you have got from other developers in terms of guides, tips, tricks, applications, UI Enhancements, etc. It just shows your character as a person aswel.
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