Yes, I saw some video in Google I/O. Google made a great effort to improve the features in Android Market. But THEY SHOULD NOT FORGET TO MAKE ANDROID MARKET AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE!
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM, shiftyjelly <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this has already been covered, but I'd like a definitive answer > as to when Australian developers will be allowed to sell paid apps? I > know it's a Google Checkout restriction, but really? You want to talk > about how closed Apple is and how open Google is, how about 'opening' > the market place to us Australians? Also is it just me or does the > Google have no email addresses where we can ask these kind of > questions and get a response? Even Apple offers those. > > Our Australian Weather app has sold very well on the iPhone, so it's > not like there's no market in Australia for smart phone users and > apps, but if you want us to take Android seriously this needs to be > sorted out. > > The demand is starting to grow from our user base (a few of who have > switched to Android), so what we need to know is: is it even worth us > thinking about Android as Australian Developers? Yes I know we can > offer the download outside the store and figure out our own payment > model through Paypal or someone like that, but really, we've learnt > one thing from Apple's store: The more steps you put between the user > and the final purchase, the more likely they are to pull out at each > step. > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info -- 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.
