She clarified - "via adb". So they can still be monopolistic. (Vote with your feet, don't buy crippled phones..)
I suspect it won't be long before someone builds a desktop client for their alt app store that just uses adb to do the installations. (Ahem, Shane, you listening? :) ..) Look ma, at&t forced us to compete with the iTunes store. (And while we're at it, lets build one with searching. And decent descriptions. And VIDEO...) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Michael MacDonald < [email protected]> wrote: > On 03/29/10 13:42, Mark Murphy wrote: > > ole! wrote: > > > >> Hi All: > >> > >> We have an app that needs to be distributed to a large but limited > >> audience. > >> We are doing this through our own web site. > >> > >> Now that AT&T will not allow any downloads to the Flip except through > >> the Android market, > >> we need to have the capability to have a limited distribution on the > >> Market. > >> > >> Can this be done on the Android market? > >> > > If "limited" means "citizens of a certain country" or possibly > > "subscribers to a particular mobile carrier", then yes. Otherwise, no. > > > > > I thought Diane Hackborn wrote than any phone with access to the Android > Market must allow non-Market apps. Has this changed as of the Backflip? > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
