Woww! So coool!! :))) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Craigo <[email protected]> wrote:
> List of the countries is now up: > > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-countries-more-sellers-more-buyers.html > > On Sep 28, 3:50 pm, Peter Sinnott <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I think of the market there are probably 3 things in play. There > > is me as a user buying apps, me as a developer possibly one day > > selling apps and there is the job Google are doing developing the > > platform. > > > > The main reason I haven't taken a look at alternative app stores is my > > perception (or maybe expectation) that the situation would be > > massively fragmented. I buy stuff online from a fairly small number of > > sites (maybe six) and the thought of having to bother with multiple > > Android sites is off putting to me. Having taking a quick look at > > your site and app I'd say the lack of a automated refund option and > > the ads are small negatives for me. Since the official market and the > > IPhone have refunds I kinda expected you to as well. I guess the model > > you are using is contingent on both these things staying as they are > > and I do like the way your not taking a massive slice of the > > developers pay cheque :) > > > > Massive tangent below : > > > > When I look at the current market website and the list of countries > > that have paid apps I wonder how much commitment Google have to people > > making money from Android apart from by in app advertising and selling > > phones. Do Google really want to be number one or is it mostly about > > stopping Apple owning the mobile space. Why do so many of my app > > downloads hang and the stats on the developer console go funky for > > weeks on end. It all feels like some guy in Googles 20% project. I > > seem to recall a new version of the Market website from Google IO (4 > > months ago) wonder what ever happened to that. Paid apps is just a > > proxy for all that bad feeling. Why can a massive company not sell > > apps people want to sell to people who want to buy them? > > > > On Sep 28, 8:09 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Any reason you'd not use an existing alternative market (like > AndAppStore) but would use an alternative from Amazon beyond brand strength? > > > > > I'm interested because my company runs AndAppStore. > > > > > Al. > > > > > On 28 Sep 2010, at 19:27, Peter Sinnott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > There is zero chance of me buying another Android phone if there are > > > > no paid apps in Ireland. > > > > Hopefully Nokia get their act together or the rumours of Amazon > > > > launching an Android app store are true and they support Ireland. > > > > > > On Sep 28, 11:06 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Paid apps coming to 15 more countries: > http://androidcommunity.com/paid-android-app-support-coming-to-15-new... > > > > > >> On Sep 25, 11:37 am, Tobias Eisentraeger > > > > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> That must be a major upgrade - they added one or two countries > before and > > > >>> did not really prepare the developers in an official email > beforehand. I'm > > > >>> excited. > > > > > >>> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>>> I'm sure you all got the email > > > > > >>>> "Please look for follow-up emails when we introduce paid apps > support > > > >>>> for specific additional countries in the coming weeks." > > > > > >>>> I wonder if they've been doing some testing, and that's why some > of my > > > >>>> users can't see my paid app in countries that are already supposed > to > > > >>>> see them. > > > > > >>>> Nathan > > > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> 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]> > <android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ googlegroups.com> > > > >>>> . > > > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > > > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > 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. > > -- YuviDroid Check out Launch-X <http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php> (a widget to quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) http://android.yuvalsharon.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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