They sure were quick to roll that out. In fact, they rolled out an update specifically to my LG GSlate. From what I understand, it was specifically to update the market (I even had to clear the download manager cache manually, etc).
The results of my upgrade. I am still on OS 3.1, and the Android Market is still Landscape only. Now, if we can only get them to focus their speed on the things that will actually benefit us. On Monday, March 19, 2012 12:06:35 PM UTC-7, TreKing wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is something that they overthought, and that in the end was a >> terrible idea (specifically the name -- it's fine that they put all the >> media in the same place). I predict it won't even take two years before >> they rename the app to something that doesn't require instructions. On my >> phone anyway it shows as "Google Play", so if I hadn't seen the >> announcement I don't even know that I would have known what it was for. > > > Another thing - I realized that I use "Android Market" in my app in > several places, like when suggesting the user rate the app. I'm sure there > are a lot of devs also referencing "Android Market". Which will now open an > app called "Google Play". > > I was fairly impressed by how Google managed to replace "Android Market" > with "Google Play" all over the damn place literally over night. But they > can't change all of the references that exist in hundreds if not thousands > of apps. And they can't change the fact that most people that were using it > before this re-brand will continue to call it "Android Market" since > "Google Play" is a nonsensical, dumb-ass name. > > Which means that the "Android Market" brand will never die and just > continue to add to confusion. This is awesome. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/ygsGkf9mwbMJ. 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.
