>From what I know, the only way to get the Play Market is with the Google add-ons (legally). It doesn't surprise me that it is "hacked" onto devices that shouldn't support that. It isn't that hard to get the market on any rooted device (I installed a market.apk file to my Nook Simple Touch).
For Google, It actually makes sense to get the Play Store onto as many devices as possible (including the iPhone, Blackberry, etc) - so they can sell their music, books and movies. Ironically - it could not include the apps, as this is a major differentiator for "with Google" phones - and obviously the apps wouldn't run on the other phones. Bottom line, I would expect the Play store to expand, which should confuse things even more. On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:57:28 AM UTC-7, jtoolsdev wrote: > > I've been under the impression that except for hacks Google Play > (formerly Android Market) was only available on devices that have > licensed the Google API. Yesterday at Fry's I looked at an Idea 7" > tablet for $89 and it had an Android Market icon on it. Unfortunately > the device ran so funky I was unable to launch the market app to see if > it truly was the market. > > I also had a user contact me and claim he has Google Play on his tablet > even though he doesn't have Google Maps. I have Android API only apps > that I have been putting elsewhere such as on Amazon's app store because > I have versions of those that require the Google API with Google Maps as > an extra feature. Problem with Amazon is it is pretty much US only for > now and I have customers in other countries interested. Hence the user > with the table claims that Play didn't show his tablet as compatible > with my apps but apparently shows other apps as compatible. > > - Brian > > -- 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/-/c5fiSiynjocJ. 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.
