Comments on: Google Opens Android Market To Apps Geo-Targeting Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, And More

By: Android进入欧洲市场 | 富了吗？

Android进入欧洲市场 | 富了吗？ — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:57:57 +0000

[...] 现在，我们又有新的论据，Android已经打开了欧洲几个指定国家的应用市场，可以预见的是，一波新的手机发售潮流将会在接下来的数周内涌现，google似乎作好了万全的准备去应付同样强大的BlackBerry，Sybiam, iPhone和Windows Mobiles。 [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:58:21 +0000

“We will introduce the G1 by Jan. 30 in the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Austria,” T-Mobile Chief Executive Hamid Akhavan said on Monday.

The Android-based phone will be available in Germany on Feb. 2 and in Poland later that month, Akhavan said.

Source: http://www.reut...J65778920090119

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:44:58 +0000

Canada, when?

By: Android developers and outsorcing service providers | Android News | Android market place opens for Europe | Android Competency Center

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:59:13 +0000

[...] this news, Android has opened up market place for applications in Europe for selected countries. So we should [...]

By: Ascii’d » Evolution of Communication

Ascii’d » Evolution of Communication — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:56:10 +0000

[...] popular with users no matter their age or professional needs, the blackberry going touchscreen, and Google phones battling for their share of the market [...]

By: Google öffnet Android Markt für europäische Entwickler | Android Smartphone | Alles zu Handys mit Android Betriebssystem

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:20:45 +0000

[...] Das heißt in den kommenden Wochen können auch deutsche Entwickler loslegen und die ersten deutschen Apps entwickeln. Dieser Schritt erfolgt vor der Veröffentlichung des G1 in Deutschland. Google gibt den deutschen Entwicklern also Vorsprung, damit bei Veröffentlichung auch die ersten Applikationen aus dem Android-Market zur Verfügung stehen. Ich bin mal gespannt, wann der Markt endgültig offen ist, und was die ersten Apps sind. (via Techcrunch) [...]

By: Patt

Patt — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:12:52 +0000

oOOo SHiit I liVe in Poland .. and im getting that shiit when it comes out D

By: Google、Android Marketをドイツ、オランダ、ポーランド等地域向けアプリにも開放

Google、Android Marketをドイツ、オランダ、ポーランド等地域向けアプリにも開放 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:30:34 +0000

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By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:28:19 +0000

everyone wants a piece of the iphone craze

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:23:06 +0000

Seriously though, Android is about way easier to code for than the iPhone. Google made the API so you don’t have to jump through hoops.

iPhone really cripples your ideas and puts you at the mercy of the sandbox. iPhone is the dev equivalent of the soviet union.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:18:36 +0000

LOLZ!!!!!

Some day, some day in the *distant* future….
In the “year 2000″, it will be easier to code.

Nice to see people read before they post.

By: Yasser Ismail

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:04:19 +0000

Will it be easier to code as compared to the iPhone platform?

By: Derry Quinn

Derry Quinn — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:01:35 +0000

Ah, European quoting style doesn’t work on TechCrunch

What I had at the top of my posts was this quote form the article “Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Poland”

By: Derry Quinn

Derry Quinn — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:59:24 +0000

T-Mobile/T-Com operate in all of these countries. I can think of no other reason for these group of countries to be chosen over say France/UK (Large Population) or Ireland (Worlds biggest cell phone market) or any of the other countries.

This is T-Mobile getting ready to launch the G1 or fabled G2 in Europe I’d say…

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:18:51 +0000

I’m going to give some of you would be Android developers some help.

http://commonsw...re.com/Android/

If you do not pay $35 for this e-book, you will spend at least twice as long developing your android app.

I have found nothing similar for the iPhone SDK so far and had to rummage through the API myself. Only to find that there is no IPC. No broadcasting messages, ect…

I hope to see many cool Android apps surface, amongst ours, and the ones already out there. As for the iPhone platform, let’s hope it improves with future releases.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:06:16 +0000

As a developer you should keep in mind that nothing stops your Android or iPhone application from querying a server, checking a subscription level and unlocking features based on that subscription level.

As long as there is free functionality for Apple or Google to test the app with, along with a test account with all features, I don’t see how they could block your app from being approved.

Unless they are total capitalist hating commies. If so, prompt your customers to switch citing that reason. I don’t think it will come to that when ours is in the approval process.

Our app even redirects to use the software at a different host based on a list which is loaded on init(). So a company can use an instance of the server software which is not hosted by us. After they pay licensing fees of course. And we control that domain list.

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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:56:12 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:46:32 +0000

I dunno if you noticed this but a large number of android applications are free versions of pay software, they simply make you pay on the website when you sign up for the service.

With that said, who cares if the phone client apps are free or not?

Both our clients will be free as well, but if you want the business features in the web commander interface or a LAN so you can run the software from your own business network it costs money.

This is the business model for Android. Having the user pay at the download stage the way old Java games were sold on mobiles 3 years ago is the old way.

By: mobinauten

mobinauten — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:43:26 +0000

Rather old news, I’ve got this email, too, today, but I’ve already got nearly the same one the end of last year (12/31/2008).
Oliver

By: NeoTechie

NeoTechie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:37:35 +0000

Developers have to get paid. Google will get what they pay for.

By: AndroidTapp.com

AndroidTapp.com — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:33:46 +0000

This is exciting to hear. I wonder what will be the next big Android phone in Europe.

By: fred

fred — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:20:59 +0000

this is good to know. they extend to Europe

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:16:47 +0000

“It’ll be interesting to see how the fight between Android Market, first opened in August 2008, and Apple’s App Store plays out in the years to come.”

http://code.goo...rence/aidl.html

IPhone doesn’t have COM, it’s going to be a KO for Google Android.

Without COM, the iPhone is a toy. I have to severely cripple the iPhone implementation of our new business app because the API for running the GPS and messaging monitor in the background simply isn’t there.

So may people have G1s now. Apple is going to suffer the same fate with the iPhone as it did with the Apple II after IBM released PCDOS. Same exact paradigm, 20 years later, except this time Google is Microsoft.

I’m still making the iPhone version, but it’s crippled compared to it’s Android brother.