I agree there is possibly a limited market on AndAppStore at the moment, but Koolu have put the AndAppStore client into their Android distribution and they're looking to have it installed on half a million phones by the end of the year.
All that said it is very much up to you and whether your business can handle holding out and waiting for that to happen. Al. maribou wrote: > Shane, your blog was a very interesting read. I have to disagree with > you on the "Googleitis" part. The sad truth is that none of the > application delivery mechanisms can compete with the one that comes > pre-installed on every phone. An average user is too busy/lazy/ > distrustful to use anything else. As a developer, I am not interested > in publishing my products on the market where even free applications > get only a few hundred downloads. > > Unfortunately, Google's Checkout limitations prevent non-US/non-UK > developers from making any money on Android apps. That leaves me, as > a Canadian developer with the following choices: > (1) Look for a US/UK partner - already failed. > (2) Bundle a PayPal checkout with my program - will be shutdown by > Google, no sense even trying. > (3) Publish on slideme, Al's app store, and any other third-party > market I can find - not enough potential revenue. Moreover, should I > come up with a good idea for an app, I could potentially lose it there > to some developer with access to Google Checkout. > (4) Develop for other mobile platforms, which don't have ridiculous > restrictions. > > From what it looks like, I'm better off with option (4). And it > doesn't make me happy whatsoever. > > > > -- ====== 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
