I wondered about that. I work in IT, buried comfortably down several levels from the help desk. I can imagine suddenly having to take on help desk duties... bleah. What makes me queasy is what that would mean about my company's health and its support of its IT personnel...
On Feb 20, 8:29 am, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > Some googs answer, some don't. (And sometimes they spout ridiculous company > lines and FUD that screws up their credibility.) > > The bigger problem is that google didn't bother to assign any support > resources. So the people answering questions/comments here are the same ones > who are writing code, testing hardware, etc. (Thats fine when the question > is an esoteric API problem. Less helpful when it is "I can't get market to > download anything" or "how do I turn off the ADP1"..) > > Personally, I'm less worried about questions that should be going to tmobile > and more concerned with the fact that the AOSP is at best an afterthought, > taking a back seat to all the closed source vendor trees. (But I'm weird > like that :) ..) > > Seriously though, if you are a tmobile customer (or, soon, vodafone) you > need to call 611 with your problems. The carriers set the priorities for > this platform and they set them based on what their customers are calling > about.. > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > It's a good question but why do people on this list keep asking Google > > questions? We know they won't answer. > > > Shane > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Michael Martin - MM Agency < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> *** Can anyone at Google explain why some G1s can see paid apps while > >> others can't? **** > > >> I don't believe this is a matter of an OTA updates but rather datacenter > >> propagation thus it would depend on which Android Market datacenter the G1 > >> is pinging. > > >> In my case I have 2 G1s and 1 can see the paid apps while the other > >> doesn't….could only assume they are both pinging the same DC. > > >> (I have already tried the reboot theory to no avail) > > >> Any formal explanation for this??? > > >> Thank You, > > >> Michael Martin > > >>http://www.googleandblog.com/ > > >> ------------------------------ > > >> *From:* Disconnect [mailto:[email protected]] > >> *Sent:* Friday, February 20, 2009 6:58 AM > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Subject:* [android-discuss] Re: the market for profit is open!! > > >> It could also be the beta testers... > > >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:25 AM, snctln <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thanks for sharing the link Al, > >> It is now 14 hours ofter my first sale (not counting earlier beta > >> customer sales) and the overall return rate has fallen from 50% to > >> just above 20%. So maybe there are just a handful of people treating > >> the return policy as a "try before you buy" service. > > >> I am just hoping that I find a way to read reviews and access the paid > >> apps market from my ADP1 soon. > > >> ---snctln > >>www.snctln.com > > >> On Feb 20, 1:04 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > There are some useful stats at; > > >> >http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/pinch-media-data-shows-the-avera. > >> .. > > >> > Which cover application usage over time for an iPhone app. I would > >> > expect the model to be similar for Android apps, although I think the 24 > >> > hour return period may skew the usage pattern to cause a bigger drop-off > >> > in the first 24 hours. > > >> > To me 50% is very high, it shows people are treating it as a > >> > try-before-you-really-buy method. > > >> > Al. > > >> > snctln wrote: > >> > > I can't see them from my APD1 but I have had a handful of sales... of > >> > > course half of them were canceled (ie user requested a refund) > > >> > > I wonder if that is what I should expect, half of all sale will end in > >> > > a refund, and I don't have access to my own paid apps on my > >> > > "developer" phone to be able to see what people are leaving in the > >> > > comments. > > >> > > Hopefully this will not be the norm. Time will tell I guess. > > >> > > Good luck to all of the other independent devs that have apps for > >> > > sale. > > >> > > ---snctln > >> > >www.snctln.com > > >> > > On Feb 19, 9:22 pm, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >> On Feb 20, 3:17 am, stonedonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >>> So not looking good for today I guess... curious that they said mid > >> > >>> week, but then no notice of a delay and pushing to Friday.. > > >> > >> It looks like they're live! > > >> > >>http://forums.tmonews.com/index.php?topic=7943.0 > > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Jon > > >> > -- > >> > ====== > >> > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > >> > company number 6741909. 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