Al, [quote]
I am a G1 owner, I don't own an ADP, I have no intention of owning an ADP, but I would *far* rather see ADP users get an advantage in getting features first than I would see users not use Market due lack of confidence [/quote] I am in the same vein as you and agree with nearly everything you have said. If I can make a suggestion. I believe it would be better for everyone, those that care that is, if we could sign up to a Beta program. Every developer has the opportunity to get a bite of the cherry. Now the only question is, where do I sign :-) Pd. Al Sutton wrote: > It seems pretty obvious that whoever at Google is in charge of releasing > Market features is doing a pretty poor job, so I'd like to put out the > following rule for discussion; > > - Google should *ALWAYS* roll out changes to Market to ADP users *FIRST* > and leave them with a couple of weeks trial period before releasing it > to their partners. > > ADP users are developers. They understand betas, they will test new > features for compatibility with their apps, they know what to expect > from beta code, and they're not going to walk away thinking "Last time I > tried to buy a G1 app is was a nightmare, not doing that again". > > I am a G1 owner, I don't own an ADP, I have no intention of owning an > ADP, but I would *far* rather see ADP users get an advantage in getting > features first than I would see users not use Market due lack of > confidence. It just does not make economic, business, or logical sense > to drop feature changes directly onto end users who have pay for the > service via their monthly contracts when you have an army of ADP users > eager to try out new features and have a vested interest in improving > the end user experience. > > Web services take a modicum of knowledge to use, they've always had > rough edges, and therefore users are more understanding of problems. > *Phones are not like web services*, users rely on them, users know that > can work without significant issues, users do change 'phones if things > do not work smoothly. > > So come on Google, get a clue and at least start acting like you > understand the market you're trying to be in. > > Al. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
