"I still feel Blackberry could have killed it with the ultimate keyboard-based Android phone. No one was doing that well. an enterprise Android phone with Blackberry's keyboard, mail service and BBM would have been a strong offering (a few years ago)."
- Kevin
"@fredwilson i may have missed this, is there any public information on whether there are more explicit signals (check-ins, tips, etc.) coming in from users of the latest versions of the foursquare app, than earlier iterations? also curious if the average user is contributing more with each iteration of the app, or if the trend is stagnant or the other way (more passive users than active users, as foursquare grows). or maybe its enough if the smaller community of power users continues to drive those signals for everyone."
- Kevin
"@albert:disqus i completely agree-- and certainly maintain my habit religiously, for present and future value. but is it still part of Foursquare's general market consumer facing story?"
- Kevin
"I'm very curious how, as Foursquare transitions themselves to more of a search / recommendation product, they'll continue to motivate people to check-in, ad tips, etc., contribute the data Foursquare needs to make those powerful recommendations. Foursquare seems to signal that they're happy with more and more people searching, not checking in, but they need both implicit and explicit information to be a powerful resource. And historical data is only so valuable-- the business of restaurants, local companies, etc., changes too fast without new signals flowing in consistently all of the time."
- Kevin