I think there may be more than technical reasons at work here, but I agree, stock Android should allow removing built-in apps, with the exception of the Market itself. For example, I use GMail and never use the "normal" E-Mail client, but I have to look at its icon every time I search for an app. Of course, the stock apps then should be made available on the Market so that the phone could be restored to its original state.
On Jul 25, 5:14 am, Joseph Earl <joseph.w.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it's possible, please give the user an option to remove the program > if they want, since it's well... kind of their phone and I think users > (quite rightly) expect a degree of control. > Some of the apps that come with phones I love and use to this day, and > some I don't. I really don't care about pre-installed apps (it's > generally expected), but forcing a user to have apps lying around that > they may never use cannot be good design practice by any book. > > Please do keep us updated on how you do, and how well it works. > Wish you all the best. > > On Jul 24, 9:49 pm, Xenplex <xenp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well I don't think pre-installed apps are the best way to get apps on > > the phone. > > Very often, users simply don't keep those pre-installed apps or they > > don't want to use them at least but normally those > > apps are hard, sometimes impossible, to remove without taking big > > changes in the system itself. > > And most of the times, the apps are already outdated when they're > > chipped so every new device has to update itself immediately after > > first boot. > > That's to much Windows like where you install Windows for 40 Min (Max. > > for me) and you're doing updates for at least 3 hours.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
