Comments on: Android Market Officially Announced!

By: The AGG

The AGG — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:37:39 +0000

My G1 phone is in the mail as we speak – After reading this oh my word this is sickly amazing! I am about to have a heart attack at the excitement of receiving my G1 phone. YESSSS!

By: Chuey

Chuey — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:33:13 +0000

Does anyone know if there is an app similar to Remote Desktop Connection that will be available for Android? Can’t seem to get an answer out of T-Mobile.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:32:33 +0000

I’m with Damien on this one, I’ve just registered and downloaded the SDK with a view to porting my PC game titles to Android however try as I might I can’t find any references or links to how you *SUBMIT* apps to the marketplace. Is Google keeping this bit under wraps at the moment or am I totally missing something?

Jon…

By: Sensei

Sensei — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:27:23 +0000

@Android Software: The idea of a app store is nothing new. iTunes was not the first at all. There were ones before especially fro the J2ME sector (getjar.com).

The iTunes App Store made a difference by leveraging itunes, and its model. Apple realized that the same people who would pay 99c (79p here in the UK) for a song will in a similar manner download and pay for apps. This basically removed the main issue with paid apps for other platforms, as the issue was with the micropayments. Apps developers needed to set up a payment account, and deal with copyright protection, etc just to be able to sell an application to a user. This particularly drove up costs too, and kind of restricted those developers who wanted to make a simple app, which they wanted to sell for.. lets say $1.

Although there were stores like Handango, etc, it was another password to remember, and account to set up. Since many apps purchasers already had an itunes account to purchase songs, the perceptual entry barrier was less.

Android has a opportunity to make a difference there too, as there is already a micropayment open available to most phone users, the premium text message.

Lets just see how it goes.

By: marik

marik — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:12:41 +0000

Agreed with fbarkon, this phone will I think be as big as Google envisions it. I think persons really need to give the phone a chance, especially when most of the comments (on some of the other android related websites and news pages) don’t seem to reflect a full understanding of what android is and its potential to seriously shake up the mobile AND web industry.
Just wait and see folks. Ya heard it here first. The android platform will be the winner.

-marik

By: fbarkon

fbarkon — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:09:13 +0000

I am excited with the android possiblities. I will ignore all the haters^ and use the phone to the best of my ability. The pull out qwerty keypad, the expanadable memory with no handset upgrade, the whole being able to carry an extra emergency battery is making it a better choice vs another phone that this will be compared to not to mention the openness. If half the people that complained about android would use that energy to create an app instead WOW!

By: Android Software

Android Software — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:04:45 +0000

Holly sh!t, Google is a great copycat. The whole interface of Android Market is almost an exact copy of AppStore. There were some cases before where Google copied some UI stuff from a small start-up company (was something about “chatting”) but now I see they don’t hesitate to copy at all. This doesn’t match to their “we are innovators” image. Indeed, I think at this point, their objective is to cover as must of the IT world as they can. Ogh, anyway, I think I was one of the very first enthusiasts of Android when Google announced it, but now I see the platforms is too late and ugly and inconsistent. Let’s see how it goes on, but general impression of this whole thing is rather sarcastic.

By: dap

dap — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:05:00 +0000

G1 doesn’t have a video player, does Android Marketplace mean you’ll be able to purchase that software as well?

By: damien

damien — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:01:46 +0000

What is the link to submit my android application to the marketplace? Can’t find it anywhere? Is it done through the device…that wouldn’t make sense. anybody?

By: zhaoke

zhaoke — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:43:29 +0000

Hi James, it’s not a web-based app store. u need have an android phone to use it.

By: James

James — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:45:13 +0000

I must be missing something, where / what is the link to the actual market place?

Thanks,

By: Andrex

Andrex — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:20:24 +0000

This is ridiculous! Every single feature desired from a mobile application store has been included, and I’m floored! When I dreamed of what Android Market should be, “YouTube for Apps” is what kept entering my mind. Wow. I’m really excited now, literally can’t wait for the G1.

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