>> When I look at BlackBerryAppWorld it lists over 200 countries which... Not so.
They currently offer free apps to 56 countries and paid apps to 13 countries (a slightly different 13 than Android Market's 13 ... Not Canada! - no, just kidding). Its not that clear which countries Blackberry developers can sell 'from'? See: http://www.blackberry.com/app_includes/devicesoftware/appworld/appworld_availability_en.html Steve On Jun 11, 2:46 am, Leigh McRae <leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com> wrote: > When I look at BlackBerryAppWorld it lists over 200 countries which > seems high but I know they support almost everywhere by now so perhaps > it's correct. I find it crazy that Canada isn't supported considering > NAFTA. > > I really don't think Google is all that interested in paid apps as they > are in extending their ad network to handhelds. You can't really blame > them as it's their core business. > > Also I suspect that Apple wouldn't have passed MS in market cap if > theappstorehad the same return policy as the android market. > > Leigh > > On 6/10/2010 11:51 AM, gosh wrote: > > > > > > >OracleAndroidAppStore > > > Here's the countries that developers can currently sell from via > > Android Market: > >http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?answer=150324 > > > Here's the countries that Android Market offers free apps to: > >http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe... > > > Here's the countries that Android Market sells to: > >http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe... > > (i.e. the 13 countries down the bottom of the same page) > > > These haven't changed much for a long time - e.g. 9 countries in that > > first list haven't changed since September 2009. > > (Googles Knows why its not the same 13 where users can buy from) > > > How does this compare with the other mobile OS vendors? > > > Apple'sAppStorecurrently works in 90 countries. In Feb'2010 they > > added: Armenia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Jordan, Kenya, Macedonia, > > Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, and Uganda ... > > i.e. they are going to run out of global map real soon now. Say what > > you like about them, but they take paid apps seriously. > > I.e. see: > > http://developer.apple.com/iphone/news/archives/2010/february/#newspr... > > > Here's the 29 countries that Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace > > developers can sell to (and upload from): > > >http://developer.windowsphone.com/help.aspx?id=fd9b5508-6436-4503-917... > > > ...when the forthcoming Windows7 Phone hits the market later this > > year. > > > What both Androidappdevelopers and global Android users need is > > another substantialappstorerun by a globally recognised ICT entity > > with a global presence (not carrierappstores such as Motorola's), an > > International commitment, and that uses more conventional payment > > methods (PayPal/ the standard Credit Cards). It will happen eventually > > given the gapping great gap in the Android Market service roll-out all > > this time. I'd lay odds onOraclesetting up an AndroidAppStorethat > > uses PayPal, which seems an odd possibility at first, but then when > > you think about it more seriously, it makes commercial sense from a > > lot of different angles: > > - Sun had a JavaStorethat used PayPal. > > - They now control Java. > > - They like making money from software. > > - As Google moves to Web apps within the forthcoming WebStore,Oracle > > could befriend Android developers (via global distribution) and > > gradually try to move them towards JavaFX apps (whatever plans they > > have for that). > > - In building such anappstoreit could showcase their existing > >OracleStoreproduct for building such things. > > - They could entice Androidappdevelopers to develop 'services' for > > their own apps on their own MySQL/OracleDBMS servers (supplied by > >Oracle), or via anOraclecloud. > > > Any votes for anOracleAndroidAppStore? > > Any votes for a Yahoo! AndroidAppStore? > > or > > What other major ICT/media company could pull off such a marketing > > coup? > > -- > Leigh McRaewww.lonedwarfgames.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
