Google Cripples the Developer By Limiting Apps Storage

Paid apps for the T-Mobile G1 are being stored in special folders and
can not be backed up on the SD card ... just the same as pre-loaded
apps.

So are we to assume that Google is maintaining these special folders
in the "cloud" somewhere so they can be reinstalled in the event your
phone is damaged/lost/stolen ... ???

This would also go to indicate that Google will NEVER allow these apps
to be installed and run from the SDCard... (for a non-rooted
phone) ...

It might still be possible to store your free apps and third-party
apps on the SDCard and run them from there to help with the memory
issue ... Doesn't sound like this is a likely senario that Google will
follow ...

For me this is serious limit to the future value of the G1... It makes
no sense to fatally limit/cripple the phone to this degree.

*IF* this does turn out to be the case then it will finish my brief
affair with Android. I like the platform but the current handsets do
not have enough internal storage to be considered a practical device
for applications that in all eventuality will become more space
demanding.

If in the future,  handsets start to appear with 8GB internal then I
may consider returning but as it is,  I will not be buying any
applications until the storage situation is sorted. And I will not
invest in another Android handset either.

This is a serious development to all the software developers until a
suitable platform appears....

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