I was asking for this in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_frm/thread/cd1a144de4f33336/a62a02467f81bd5b?q=
Maybe T-mobile should be contacted instead :=) On Apr 25, 10:26 am, wescorp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Today was not as good of day as I had hoped. Every morning I tap the > keyboard between 5 and 5:30 AM and get after it. I've been doing this > for a long time. When Android appeared, I jumped thinking Android had > the potential to remake computing as we knew it. A link I use > searches Google News for articles regarding Android and > today,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-volk/mountain-view-we-have-a-p_..., > caught my eye. The title, "Mountain View, We Have A Problem ... > Google's Android Phone Disappoints Developers" at made me think a > squeaky wheel was making noise again but after reading the whole > article, and letting it settle for a while, my go go Android attitude > was getting the "you better look at the whole picture again" > notification. > > Android has an excellent engineering team working every known > technical issue. For me, the technical side of Android was a challenge > in the beginning as my programming skills were somewhat dated. After > investing considerable time and energy learning Java, Eclipse, and > Android, doing the ADC1, and wading though several sdk updates, I > created some non trival applications for the Android Market. So far so > good right? mmm... not quite. The downloads of my free application > are somewhat in line with adjusted expectations. Sales of paid > programs are worse than terrible. At first I thought it was me, or my > application, or my help pages, or what? The above mentioned article > had the painful detail. "To buy an application for your Android > phone, you have to opt into Google Checkout. Most users have not done > this." > > When Google/T-Mobile choose the Google Checkout system, Android > independent developers were heading for oblivion. Google and T-Mobile > should be ashamed to be missing such an important marketing detail. > Forcing honest T-Mobile customers to join Googles checkout club breaks > the wildly successful model of the Iphone. Android Market should be > offering free credit to Android customers guaranteed by the customers > T-Mobile account. You want to buy stuff, your in, go wild, have fun, > explore. If the customer doesn't want to use their T-Mobile account > as payment guarantee, here are the methods of payment accepted by the > software vendor. Instead, customers of the Android ecosystem MUST > become members of Google Checkout. When faced with this barrier, a > customers buyers beware instinct is triggered, the 99 cent customer is > lost, and the whole system breaks down. > > As an Android independent software developer, Android is wonderful > software. The hardware is the finest technology available to > humankind. However, I'm presently being forced to the sidelines cause > there isn't a viable market for Android products. Until Google/ > Android/any_carrier breaks free of Google Checkout, an independent > Android developer can not sustain a viable business plan. Show me a > vibrant market model and successful sustainable business plans will > abound. Take a look at the Iphone market. > > Somewhere I read Android was like having a software aircraft carrier. > Let's hope Android will withstand a few icebergs. > > Cheers, > Wes --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
