Ok so here's a bigger problem. On my phone when it updated it removed the home screen icon and I had to put it back myself. Is this true of everyone? If it is then that is a disaster for people who now won't even see the market icon, err play icon (my cousin for example didn't even know you could make shortcuts from the application area). "play store"it's called now. Why in the f couldn't they have called it "google market"... On Mar 8, 2012 7:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/topics > > - We are now part of Google Play <#135eef02a10954fe_group_thread_0>[19 > Updates] > > We are now part of Google > Play<http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/t/e3951249ab0cf8ae> > > Nathan <[email protected]> Mar 06 01:45PM -0800 > > "Google Play is the premium digital content brand from Google, where > all consumer entertainment can be found in one place. " > > So has it been decided that there is no further market for useful > apps? > > Nathan > > > > > John Coryat <[email protected]> Mar 06 01:48PM -0800 > > I'll get excited when I can respond to user comments in the market > err... > play thing whatever. > > -John Coryat > > > > > TreKing <[email protected]> Mar 06 03:51PM -0600 > > > > I think it looks really bad. It looks chessy. Anybody else has an > opinion > > on this? > > > I don't think it looks anything like chess =P > > Forget the logo, I'm bewildered by the name. "Google Play"? When I said > "get my app on the Android Market", people understood. Now I have to > tell > them to get it on "Google Play"? "Google's Play"? "The Play Store"? > "Google's Play Store"? "The Google Play Store"? "The GPS"? > All of these options sound absurd. Who comes up with this? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > > > John Coryat <[email protected]> Mar 06 02:02PM -0800 > > > > "The Google Play Store"? "The GPS"? > > When I see "the GPS is broken" I might be confused now... > > -John Coryat > > > > > Nathan <[email protected]> Mar 06 02:16PM -0800 > > > them to get it on "Google Play"? "Google's Play"? "The Play Store"? > > "Google's Play Store"? "The Google Play Store"? "The GPS"? > > All of these options sound absurd. Who comes up with this? > > Both the logo and the name will add to the number of users that don't > know how to get to the Android Market on their phone. > > They will now have an Play button icon for something called Google > Play which they assume plays music or something. > > Nathan > > > > > Felipemnoa <[email protected]> Mar 06 05:25PM -0500 > > Sorry about that. Meant to say cheesy. > > > > > > JP <[email protected]> Mar 06 09:02PM -0800 > > > 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. > > > > > Al Sutton <[email protected]> Mar 07 07:14AM > > 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: > > > > > > Felipemnoa <[email protected]> Mar 07 03:38AM -0500 > > 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. > > > > > > Mark Carter <[email protected]> Mar 07 02:53AM -0800 > > It's even worse than that. It looks like Google Play is 2.2+ only, so > you > first have to ask the user whether they are running 2.2+/Froyo (you'll > need > separate instructions telling them how to find out even that - the > details > of which depend on, er, what Android version they are running - > chickens, > eggs etc). If it's less than 2.2 then ask them for Android Market but > then > you need to figure out which Market app version they are using so you > can > tell them how to navigate, etc etc Same again for Play Store :( > > On Wednesday, 7 March 2012 05:51:13 UTC+8, TreKing wrote: > > > > > Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> Mar 07 10:51AM > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:34:25 -0800 (PST) > Peter Sinnott wrote: > > > Seems a little silly to me. I never got why books,music and movies > > launched in the Android Market anyway. > > Probably to take advantage of the authentication system. A book movie > or > music file could be used to exploit a phone too. Likely to help people > notice and find them too. > > > > > Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> Mar 07 10:51AM > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:14:19 +0000 > Al Sutton 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? > > maybe they are trying to convey that you should be careful whats erious > work you do on your phone untill daily updates and repositories of > trusted code come along. > > > > > nvlakshmi vakiti <[email protected]> Mar 07 04:38PM +0530 > > cloud computing, huge space helps. Google Play appreciable!! > > > > > > > Al Sutton <[email protected]> Mar 07 11:55AM > > Last last platform dashboard put the pre-2.2 device count at more than > Honeycomb & ICS combined, so it sends a bit of a mixed message about what > level of uptake is worth supporting. > > 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 10:53, Mark Carter wrote: > > > > > > Peter Sinnott <[email protected]> Mar 07 04:05AM -0800 > > The market always strikes me as a game store whenever I load it up. > Maybe games is what most people want on Android but I really wish > there was a tickbox somewhere that would turn off game promotion. > > > > > > Nathan <[email protected]> Mar 07 10:48AM -0800 > > I wonder if this will cause more people to install third-party Android > App Stores, once they see devices that don't have a Market, they just > have this media player thing. > > > Nathan > > > > > John Coryat <[email protected]> Mar 07 11:34AM -0800 > > Not to break the spirit of this topic by being positive but... I > actually > like the new "play" logo. It's clean and neat plus it has a Googly > flavor. > > On the other hand, the name "play" detracts from what a lot of us have > been > creating. A good many apps are safety and business related and have > nothing > to do with entertainment at all. > > "Market" has been a term that's accepted and understood by anyone > getting a > smart phone. "Play" will have to be learned and isn't recognizable as > a > thing people would use to find apps, books, movies or anything for > that > matter. > > Sometimes I find it quite difficult to follow the logic that Google > employs. > > -John Coryat > > > > > TreKing <[email protected]> Mar 07 01:51PM -0600 > > > a smart phone. "Play" will have to be learned and isn't recognizable > as a > > thing people would use to find apps, books, movies or anything for > that > > matter. > > Precisely. A Market, Store, Shop, whatever, is clear: the place you go > to > buy stuff. It should be a noun of some sort. A place you go or a thing > you > open to get other things. > > "Play", as a noun in this case, makes zero sense. In the form of "the > act > of play", it make it seem like it's a destination for nothing but > games. As > a verb, it does not apply to books or apps and is just awkward to name > a * > thing* after a verb. The whole point was, apparently, to unify content > under one umbrella brand that applied to everything and it seems like > they've done exactly the opposite. I just ... don't ... get it ... > > Sometimes I find it quite difficult to follow the logic that Google > employs. > > It's not hard. Think of something logical. Do the opposite. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > > > Brian Conrad <[email protected]> Mar 07 12:07PM -0800 > > On 03/07/2012 11:51 AM, TreKing wrote: > > under one umbrella brand that applied to everything and it seems like > > they've done exactly the opposite. 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