The rebranding does feel kind of sloppy. Also, in my opinion Android Market carries a lot more cachet than google play, but it could just be me. And that logo, its really bad. It doesn't feel like the work of a pro designer.
On Mar 7, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I think the re-branding is a mistake. How many consumers are going > to go to the "Play Store" for their business apps? And who has "Played" a > book recently? > > It sounds like an idea thought up in the US (where you can "Play" Movies and > "Play" Music) and applied to the rest of the ecosystem without any thought > about the rest of the world being asked to "Play" apps. If you add in to that > all of the apps, websites, and marketing material that developers have put > together referring to Market has just been rendered worthless because there's > no "Market" app on devices after the update it seems to have been really > poorly thought out. > > Personally I'm expecting a rebrand again in the next year or two when Google > realise that the name is confusing and conveys a limitation (i.e. a focus on > entertainment) which doesn't exist. > > Al. > -- > Al Sutton - Funky Android Ltd. > (www.funkyandroid.com) > > T: @alsutton > G+: http://goo.gl/ymi9b > > 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. > > On 7 Mar 2012, at 05:02, JP wrote: > >> >> >> On Mar 6, 1:04 pm, Felipemnoa <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I just hope they don't actually make the experience of getting Android apps >>> for your phone worse. >> Some would actually consider that an accomplishment (;->)... oh >> well... some product type waxing rhetoric here: >> http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/03/introducing-google-play.html >> Safely skip down to the last couple paragraphs for some more >> information. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. -- 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.
