The only thing I would add is that even after the ADC Google excluded some winners by not shipping them hardware to test their apps on.
Generally my view is that the launch is a very poor way to get developers interested in (and working on) the platform. Al. Shane Isbell wrote: > After the ADC, Google had enough apps and formed a little insider club > with tmo. Sprint did a similar thing with their business > partner/developer program when they launched J2ME a number of years > ago. The tactic for new platforms is to be really open, get a bunch of > apps, then close it. Standard industry practice for mobile. > > Putting on my carrier hat, my guess is that T-Mobile wants to test the > hell out of all the apps so that apps don't blow up on new customers > who are buying new Android devices. They are already receiving > customer care calls as people find and try to load unsigned pre-1.0 > apks out in the wild. > > Google, well, they are a secretive bunch. > > Shane > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > I am surprised that Google doesn't say anything about the android app > market. I have one free app, and almost another, I would like to have > them on the android market place. I now publish them on slideme and > andappmarket and I will on handandgo. I guess Google limits the first > version of their market place to the apps that have been submitted to > the contest they had, and to their own apps? > > > > > > > -- Al Sutton W: www.alsutton.com B: alsutton.wordpress.com T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
