Comments on: Hey Google: Android Market Requests!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:24:14 +0000

Hi. Any chance of an app that will allow sim access profile in bluetooth so I can connect to my VW fatory fit bluetooth car kit. I’d pay a lot of money for that. k

By: bill

bill — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:22:02 +0000

i would like to be able attach a keyboard via mini usb , would not need a lap top at lectures

By: Reddy

Reddy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:26:48 +0000

More options on why you uninstalled. So many apps kill your battery. I try and leave a comment about battery use and then uninstall the app. Just adding battery use to the list of reasons and making that data available to the author or users would be nice. It sucks to download a useful app only to discover that you have to leave the phone on a charger all day.

By: cece

cece — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:39:57 +0000

I would like for the phone to download videos/music of site or even be able to see and view them. Also to be able to save txt messages instead of having to go and delete the ones you don’t like

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:37:07 +0000

Hello.
I would love love love to see a program developed that would allow me to save and use apps from my memory card.
This is one of the reasons I am thinking of switching carriers or phones. I also agree completely with the person who wrote about the things that are DL’d being saved in the downloaded section. I really would like to delete the ones I truly did not lke.

By: al

al — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:22:00 +0000

I would love to see “added since you last looked” in the market. Or highlight applications that I have already looked at. Perhaps a way to mark a potential app that I might go back later and install.

I don’t understand why the market website doesn’t have all the apps listed. As much as I love my phone, it is easier to browse via my computer.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:40:19 +0000

I was going to make this exact same post!!! I stopped using the Market completely and I hate to admit it, but I’ve considered checking out the iPhone. I know the G1 is farily new, but it’s becoming increasingly annoying, and the clutter/crappy battery makes the phone obsolete at times.

And also, if I download a free app, and delete it serves no purpose to me, why does it stay in the “My Downloads” section prompting me to update the latest version? I DON’T WANT THE CRAP!!!

There is waaaaaay too much clutter in the market, and it’s really dissapointing because the apps are what make the G1… if i only see 50 wallpaper themes when I access the market, how can I make my g1 better?

“Jonno.N wrote on March 25, 2009

This is an excellent post that addresses very real needs of market users, and shortcomings of the market itself. I whole-heartedly endorse all these suggestions and would like to ad one of my own:
Create a section for themes in the Applications area. Those stupid aHome themes clutter up the “All Applications” screen so bad I can barely stand to use the market anymore.”

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:24:52 +0000

@ James Ots

Awesome. This is the exact type of thing I was looking for! Well… it’s close anyways. :)

Anyways, I still want a tethering service for Android so we can get up-to-the-minute updates at our own leisure as opposed to waiting for T-Mob to push… and what happens when Android 2.0 comes out and T-Mobile decides not to push the update to us?

By: jake

jake — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:52:40 +0000

I would LOOOOVE for those themes to FUCK OFF

By: BoD

BoD — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:45:55 +0000

Other very much needed features, this time for developers:

. the ability to see user comments in the dev console (currently the only way to see them is on the phone!)

. stats about why users uninstalled the app (when you uninstall, the OS asks you why, but currently this information is not given back to the developer)

But I think the biggest problem right now is the way apps are made visible to potential users:
. the ‘popularity’ tab is useless (the list of popular apps has not changed since the launch of the market)
. the ‘by date’ tab is now becoming useless too, with too many themes ‘polluting’ the list.
Because of this, when you publish a new app on the market, it will be visible to users for about a day and then will be forgotten.

By: James Ots

James Ots — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:26:57 +0000

@Geoff This site might be the kind of thing you are looking for: http://www.cyrket.com/

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:43:29 +0000

I’m confused on the DONATE idea. Would the developer still only get 70% of the price? It just becomes a “name your own price” type system instead of a true donation?

I would like to see an option for a “Certified by Google” app. This would be a where the developer would pay a premium, on top of the standard list fee, to have Google certify it prior to listing. The certification would obviously mean the app meets certain standards. These apps would then get a special icon/symbol/search in the store. Apps could still be posted without this at the current pricing they just wouldn’t be certified. Google could even make a deal with a third party so they get the extra fee to do the testing, then Google just has to make changes to the market.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:48:54 +0000

I would LOVE a way (or multiple ways) to organize my apps in the tab other than alphabetically. Possibly with folders or maybe with editable names and then being able to put apps you want below those names.

By: Phrog

Phrog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:47 +0000

@Rock
Perhaps phrasing as why can`t we have market apps paid through our carrier(cause T-Mobile is only in US, we other countries have other carriers) and I guess this would be because of problems synching bills and pay disputes. Nice Idea though, we in Australia would just like to get Paid Apps so we can get the goodness of some of them.

By: Rock

Rock — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:38:18 +0000

Just thought of another payment option, why not be able to pay through your T-Mobile Bill also?