Consider this: If the device seeding program leads to more sophisticated and more polished apps, Google and its partners will gain greater leverage in selling their products and services to consumers. With that, the device seeding program appears a smart move (disclaimer: yours truly was advocating for something like this a while back, so he must find this a smart move). What's a bit troubling to me, though: 1. It is not apparent how Google will evaluate the effectiveness of the device seeding campaign. With that element missing, yeah, it looks a little desperate. But that can be righted, so expect to get reached out to after you had the opportunity to "toy" with the device for a while. 2. The effort seems dwarfed by the stagnation in Android Market's effectiveness for devs to market and sell their apps. Student project, amateur hour have been used to characterize the maturity of that place and it's hard to make a case otherwise.
On Mar 10, 5:10 am, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > The only downside I can see is that it makes them look a bit desperate. -- 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.
