On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Karsten Silz <[email protected]>wrote:
> Looks like a great day for Android developers: Apart from the > Honeycomb preview, Google also outlined improvements for the Android > market, such as in-app purchases, carrier billing and weeding out apps > that violate Google terms of service. Combined with the new emphasis on having a consistent look & feel, maybe Google now feels confident enough to assert a little stronger guidance on the Android ecosystem. I, for one, would welcome a tougher version of our current overlords. > Here's an eye witness report: > > > http://blogs.forbes.com/oliverchiang/2011/01/25/unhappy-with-slow-growth-of-android-app-purchases-google-talks-2011-roadmap/ > > One point that baffled me, though, was "betting" on HTML 5 to create > apps. Does that mean you add what's essentially bookmarks to web > pages or Flash apps to the Android market, as with the Chrome store? > I interpreted it as meaning they'd improve HTML 5 support in the browser. > And I'm also not sure why Google will support another payment system > with carrier billing - they already have Google Checkout, why don't > they just roll that out in more countries instead? Clearly, Google isn't too great at selling stuff in lots of countries. If they can delegate that to someone else, they'll probably be able to roll it out faster. Also, I believe PayPal has an Android library, so unless there's some kind of restriction I'm not aware of, developers don't really need Google to be able to do in-app purchases. And doesn't Google Checkout have an API that could be used anyway? Moandji -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
