Comments on: PocketGear Acquires Handango, Now Features 140,000+ Apps! http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/ 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: Covert http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85481 Covert Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:51:14 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85481 wrong section youneek, i think this is a good idea, i'm all for more markets as long it's legal. you'd be suprised how much stuff you can find out there NOT on a particular market wrong section youneek,

i think this is a good idea, i’m all for more markets as long it’s legal. you’d be suprised how much stuff you can find out there NOT on a particular market

]]> By: CaptBebops http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85232 CaptBebops Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:37:53 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85232 What it means is you have a store that offers product to people who have Android phones without the Market. I know one big market that isn't serviced by Android Market and I have a lot of customers there. So it is in my interest to solve that problem for them. I know Handango has been offering Android apps for some time. 140K apps is just bragging rights and a marketing tool. The Android apps segment is likely to grow more than the others. That's what they are looking at. What it means is you have a store that offers product to people who have Android phones without the Market. I know one big market that isn’t serviced by Android Market and I have a lot of customers there. So it is in my interest to solve that problem for them. I know Handango has been offering Android apps for some time. 140K apps is just bragging rights and a marketing tool. The Android apps segment is likely to grow more than the others. That’s what they are looking at.

]]> By: DanGrover http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85226 DanGrover Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:15:36 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85226 Am I missing something here, or is this not useful almost exclusively for those platforms that don't have a unified app store? I can't imagine there are many developers putting their apps ONLY on this and not the Market, and since this doesn't allow Android users to use anywhere near 140,000 apps (as we still can't run WinMo, Palm etc apps) then I don't think it'll offer too much in the way of usefulness. Am I missing something here, or is this not useful almost exclusively for those platforms that don’t have a unified app store? I can’t imagine there are many developers putting their apps ONLY on this and not the Market, and since this doesn’t allow Android users to use anywhere near 140,000 apps (as we still can’t run WinMo, Palm etc apps) then I don’t think it’ll offer too much in the way of usefulness.

]]> By: YouNeek http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85180 YouNeek Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:40:39 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85180 The hardware patent shouldn't matter because this app is not related at all. The process patent says "city and state" not city and/or state. I would think that means you could display one or the other. You could also have it display the area code or region (southwest, east coast) etc. If the device displayed zip codes instead of city state, you could probably write a secondary app that translates the zip code instead... Most companies just find ways "around" others patents. The hardware patent shouldn’t matter because this app is not related at all. The process patent says “city and state” not city and/or state. I would think that means you could display one or the other. You could also have it display the area code or region (southwest, east coast) etc. If the device displayed zip codes instead of city state, you could probably write a secondary app that translates the zip code instead… Most companies just find ways “around” others patents.

]]> By: G http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85137 G Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:55 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85137 Check out Slide me slideme.org... Slide me is a 3rd pary app store for people like me who live in CANADA and can't buy stuff on the Google Market! Its nice to finaly be able to buy SNESDroid in Canada... Check out Slide me slideme.org…
Slide me is a 3rd pary app store for people like me who live in CANADA and can’t buy stuff on the Google Market!
Its nice to finaly be able to buy SNESDroid in Canada…

]]> By: CaptBebops http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85101 CaptBebops Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:45:36 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85101 I looked at Handango and couldn't seem to find enough information on how Android products would be delivered. What about copy protection or did you have to make a key'd version? I've sold stuff through one of PocketGear's incarnations but dropped them in favor of an eseller that only took a small fee for the transaction. For niche products paying a seller to "market" your software is a joke because they often have no clue what it is and therefore how to "market" it. I looked at Handango and couldn’t seem to find enough information on how Android products would be delivered. What about copy protection or did you have to make a key’d version? I’ve sold stuff through one of PocketGear’s incarnations but dropped them in favor of an eseller that only took a small fee for the transaction. For niche products paying a seller to “market” your software is a joke because they often have no clue what it is and therefore how to “market” it.

]]> By: Anton Spaans http://phandroid.com/2010/02/23/pocketgear-acquires-handango-now-features-140000-apps/#comment-85098 Anton Spaans Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:21:46 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=12765#comment-85098 I have an app that is sold on both the Anroid Market and Handango. The sales on Handango are about 1% of the Android Market sales (and i rounded up). I have an app that is sold on both the Anroid Market and Handango. The sales on Handango are about 1% of the Android Market sales (and i rounded up).

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