Any.DO CEO Omer Perchik aspires for more than 1 million Android users as he prepares to launch iPhone version of mobile voice-driven application
Any.DO, an application developed by an Israeli startup company, has made it into PC Magazine's top ten must have Android apps alongside Amazon's Kindle, Dropbox and Google Voice.
In the six months since its launch, the application not only won accolades but it had also gained a one-million user market. Any.DO is currently showcasing its application at the MWC trade show in Barcelona alongside Netflix, Foursquare and one other Israeli startup represented in the Android stand.
Not just for Android
Perchik is not limiting Any.DO to the Android market; the company is getting ready to launch the iPhone version. "We chose to go with Android because it has a fast growth rate, more flexible policies than Apple and it allows for convenient application development", he explains."It's like a third hand or a third brain. Our mobile phone will be like someone you can count on, like a friend or even more. Our mobile will act as sort of a filter for personalized content. Additionally, each smartphone will have a sensor –for your house, your car, anywhere you go. I can see this manifesting right before my eyes with applications like My6Sense , Google Currents and Siri on iPhone.
"At first, we thought Google wouldn’t be into an artificial intelligence interface, until last December when they acquired 'Alfred' – a voice controlled virtual personal assistant which offers recommendations on various topics. I'm sure Google will not remain without a response to Siri".
Perchik regards the company’s ties with Google as beneficial. "Their engineers are very helpful and Google Israel's team is doing a good job in coordinating efforts on both ends. But we don’t only work with Google, we're also connected to Facebook and I believe that our cooperation with them will become closer in the future".
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