I heard somewhere that there was a 90 day moratorium on not-free apps. Looks like I heard wrong.
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote: > Just to be clear, this is lots of speculation and no facts. :) Some facts > I can share: Android is stable as of 1.0 and we will not be breaking > compatibility, and in particular we will not be breaking applications in the > cupcake branch. > > Comparing Android to iPhone in that way is also a questionable endeavor, > since the way they were released was very different: iPhone shipped for > almost a year with no support for third party apps and then released an > update to add that feature, while Android shipped from the start with third > party app support. I can't comment on adoption of the G1 vs. the original > iPhone, but clearly at this point there is a smaller number of Android > users, simply because we started from 0 at the point where third party > developers were supported. This is something developers should keep in mind > and certainly isn't being hidden. > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Sven Boden <boden.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I think the answer is guessable (and no I don't work for Google)... when >> the android OS settles down more or less. I expect it a little while after >> the "cupcake" release. Currently some things are still going to break and if >> they would allow you to buy applications from the market, you would need to >> get a new version of the applications very quickly, ... >> >> I also don't think android adoption is as quick as the iphone's. In a lot >> of countries you can't even get an T1 in a "legal/normal way"... Belgium >> e.g. :( . So maybe if applications would come out now as paying applications >> they would disappoint the developers as well qua sales. >> >> Regards, >> Sven >> >> >> 2008/12/29 NitroDesk <gsuku...@gmail.com> >> >> >>> True, but the most distressing part is the inability to distribute >>> paid apps on the market, even with the possibility of charging for >>> them offsite. >>> I bet this keeps lots of good apps from showing up on the market, and >>> worse still, from being developed. >>> -Nitro >>> >>> On Dec 28, 12:48 pm, "Sven Boden" <boden.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > There are already sites out there which allow you to charge for android >>> > apps, for the "official" site I didn't see anything out there yet. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Sven >>> > >>> > 2008/12/28 Redhunt <androidgr...@survivorsoft.com> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > Has anyone heard any news on when developers will be able to post >>> apps >>> > > for a fee ? >>> > >>> > > Thanks- Hide quoted text - >>> > >>> > - Show quoted text - >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
