These is a great opportunity for third party stores. Users will get that threading app from whichever store it is available from.
On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:18 AM, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: Well I think its ridiculous that they would completely pull the apps from the market. Since it appears to be a tmobile issue, and we KNOW that they can detect what carrier you are using, they should filter non-complying apps by the provider. And we also know that such a filter can be implemented at the server level without requiring any change to the market client (or at least without requiring separate versions of the market app for different devices) since they already filter by LOCATION. On Apr 1, 6:56 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: Lots, but not all. I've installed both AndAppStore and SlideME, and use them alongside AM. As long as they can advertise themselves enough to get a sustainable customer base, I don't see a problem with them not being the default. After all, every iPhone user that I know (except one) have now jail broken their phones and are using non-standard markets. The major problem with other markets at the moment is with the amount of content they provide. There are still way too many Android developers who only offer their app on AM, and are not interested in seeking the alternatives (even when asked by their potential customers). I'm not sure what solution there is to this. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Tote <[email protected]> wrote: One advantage of AM still has over other app stores: being fully integrated into the handset from the very beginning. Other app store applications must be installed to the device first, which I'm afraid lots of users will be too lazy to do. Anyway, this step from Google will just motivate people not to be ignorant on other alternatives. On Apr 1, 7:11 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: AndAppStore, SlideME, etc. are not carrier dependant so there are still plenty of non-Google distribution channels. They many not come pre-installed on some 'phones, but if Google is making decisions based on the will of the carriers it's not hard for people to download the on-device clients and change to using another app distributor ( for AndAppStore you can download and install the APK fromhttp://tinyurl.com/aasclient). Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* ====== 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. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tote Sent: 31 March 2009 22:47 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Android Market - Open for everyone? Hi guys, Did you read it in the news that Google banned a tethering app from Market just because it's not in the interest of carriers? http://androidcommunity.com/android-tethering-apps-pulled-from-market... 31/ I wonder how much influence carriers will have in the future and how many arguments they will find to ban otherwise very useful applications. Tote --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
