Indeed I am painfully aware of this and have written in countless forums about it over the past couple of years!
"Country I am living in" dictates which "Country sim card I use" in order to have mobile broadband without paying huge roaming costs. Switching sim cards requires me to pop down to some nearby cafe to make use of their wifi and then access the Market for paid apps (or free apps unavailable in obscure countries - eBay, YouTube?). How I love the sim card rule :( On 20 December 2010 14:24, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 20, 2:16 pm, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right now, I'm > > unable to check its ranking on the Android Market app thanks to being in > a > > non-paid app country :( > > You know that it's the SIM card that determines if you can see the > paid apps, not your physical location. > > I have to do this as I live in Singapore and I cannot see some apps, > such as e-Bay (why, why?) and if I want to update it, I need to swap > in my (non-working) T-Mobile USA SIM card.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
