Comments on: Devs: Publish Your Android Applications… NOW! http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/ Android Phone News, Rumors, Reviews, Apps, Forums & More! Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/#comment-3677 Daniel Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:50:16 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=614#comment-3677 Yeah I think Jonathan has the right idea, similar to when gmail started letting people register on their own, it asked for your mobile phone number and sent you a text message to confirm the account. Personally I think they should have stuck with this method, almost everyone that would need email has a cell phone, and it would reduce automated signups and what not. Especially if the captcha was sent via MMS ;) Yeah I think Jonathan has the right idea, similar to when gmail started letting people register on their own, it asked for your mobile phone number and sent you a text message to confirm the account. Personally I think they should have stuck with this method, almost everyone that would need email has a cell phone, and it would reduce automated signups and what not. Especially if the captcha was sent via MMS ;)

]]> By: Jonathan http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/#comment-3658 Jonathan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:21:26 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=614#comment-3658 i think you are all missing the point. it isnt about the money, but the security in verifying the identity of the publisher through (e.g. credit card network). Forcing developers to essentially sign in with credentials in this manner ties the app to a social security number, financial history, etc... making it MUCH less likely malicious code appears. i think you are all missing the point. it isnt about the money, but the security in verifying the identity of the publisher through (e.g. credit card network). Forcing developers to essentially sign in with credentials in this manner ties the app to a social security number, financial history, etc… making it MUCH less likely malicious code appears.

]]> By: Daniel http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/#comment-3656 Daniel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:56:53 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=614#comment-3656 I believe (if I read it correctly before) that the $25 is also a one time fee for unlimited applications... If it was 100% free then there would probably be a higher chance of some bored college student putting a malicious application on the android market. $25 isn't that much considering how many people will be able to easily download your application. I believe (if I read it correctly before) that the $25 is also a one time fee for unlimited applications… If it was 100% free then there would probably be a higher chance of some bored college student putting a malicious application on the android market. $25 isn’t that much considering how many people will be able to easily download your application.

]]> By: Rob Jackson http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/#comment-3653 Rob Jackson Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:08:11 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=614#comment-3653 Developers can submit their application for download on the Android Forums market at http://androidforums.com/market It allows for categorization, screenshots, summary, download links, upload of APK and all that jazz. We'd love for developers who DON'T want to ante up that $25 to submit their apps to us. And for those that DO ante up the $25... STILL submit your apps to AF! There is overhead that goes along with maintaining the market and transferring all that data... especially considering many of the applications are or will monetized with some form of advertising, I think $25 is a small price to pay. It probably doesn't even cover the costs that it takes to host/manage the files/apps. In addition, it helps to filter out a lot of trouble makers who might otherwise try to submit nonsense, non-working apps, viruses, spam, etc... Developers can submit their application for download on the Android Forums market at http://androidforums.com/market

It allows for categorization, screenshots, summary, download links, upload of APK and all that jazz. We’d love for developers who DON’T want to ante up that $25 to submit their apps to us. And for those that DO ante up the $25… STILL submit your apps to AF!

There is overhead that goes along with maintaining the market and transferring all that data… especially considering many of the applications are or will monetized with some form of advertising, I think $25 is a small price to pay. It probably doesn’t even cover the costs that it takes to host/manage the files/apps. In addition, it helps to filter out a lot of trouble makers who might otherwise try to submit nonsense, non-working apps, viruses, spam, etc…

]]> By: Matthew Lenz http://phandroid.com/2008/10/27/devs-publish-your-android-applications-now/#comment-3652 Matthew Lenz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:23:28 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=614#comment-3652 Making developers pay to publish free only software (until first quarter) is a jack-in-the-ass. Making developers pay to publish free only software (until first quarter) is a jack-in-the-ass.

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