> We are exited to launch our latest app - Pixter.<p>The first sentence had some strange effect on my brain. It's just a small typo but given the context my brain had some problems parsing it.
Really hope this goes somewhere for the developers, I much prefer the paid model (I pay for Fastmail for example) and would certainly consider paying for a really good app/service. As someone else mentioned, they would do well to at least confirm the existence of other platforms (like Android) and any plans they may (or may not) have. However going iOS first they do stand a good chance of getting Gruber, Dalrymple, Marco etc posting about it as they love those iOS exclusives these days ("iOS is superior because we get apps like this" type posts). I don't blame them going iOS first, but ignoring everything else is definitely a bad idea. Good luck anyway, if you get an Android app will be sure to try it.
It looks good (somewhat like the better parts of Google+) and I like that you're looking at other ways of monetising it than advertising.<p>Personally I'd be more likely to pay a one-off fee for a mobile app than a subscription, but that might be due to my low usage of them. I hope it works out for you :)
The copy on pixter.in is saturated in negativity. Your demo is all the way at the bottom, while you use the top of the page to bash the incumbent market leader and say how much better yours is.<p>I don't think that's a good way to sell a product.
Congrats Faizan. Wonderful to see this come out of India, a soft target for free services.<p>Keep at it guys. The first few months of running a paid service is crucial, once you hit critical mass, there's gonna be no looking back.
Sad to see that the awesome features are not directly related to the awesomeness of the product, but totally focused on some terms of services about property and privacy...
Can I download my photos after I take them? If no third-party can sublicense the photos, does that mean that third-party websites / apps cannot display the photos inline?
Every time you see a big, free, ad-supported or VC funded startup with millions of users, just know that there is probably a place for a paid application that is basically the same app only charging money.<p>Even for social networks and things, people will gladly pay money for value you provide.<p>The problem is that it's not the kind of thing that VC's will get as excited about, because unless you can grow into many millions of dollars of revenue fast, it's probably not an interesting way to turn over their money.<p>So, GMail, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, even something like Groupon could exist as a successful paid app with a one time or recurring revenue stream.
Sorry to be offtopic but I'm beginning to get annoyed of all the stories that have a title that give you no indication of what the story is about.<p>For example the top story "Glass". Am I supposed to automatically know what that is about? Same with this story. I click on the title and it's basically an announcement for a new service named "Pixter". Why not put this in the title.<p>Is Hacker News a site exclusive to Silicon Valley insiders? I live far, far away from Silicon valley. Am I supposed to infer the topic of the article by looking at the title and go "Ah yes, that's the talk of the town you know. Glass and Pixter".