In the US, all it takes is a few irate Moms wondering why T-Mobile has an application that exposes their kids to "filthy" language, never mind that it's their kids that have posted it. It's going to look bad on T-Mobile, which distributes this. But I have seen T-Mobile marketing turn blunder after blunder into an opportunity with increased sales. Time will tell.
Shane On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure they're going to have to do something soon, the race > laws here in the UK where the G1 is sold with Market installed are > pretty harsh, and the applicability to internet sites was covered many > years ago (http://www.iwf.org.uk/government/page.25.145.htm) > > Al. > > madcoder wrote: > > Just wait until the media gets a hold of this, it will really hurt > > android sales. Imagine hundreds of racist and profane comments being > > shown on the news and all over the web! > > > > "Mom, can I get an Android phone?" > > > > "No way, I'll get you an iPhone from Wal-Mart." > > > > Google REALLY needs to fix this problem - I consider it a TOP > > priority, even if it means delaying the full release of the market > > further. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
