So why not go for Symbian then (well, actually for Nokia's Ovi Store as they support Java apps on Symbian but Series 40 devices as well). Certainly bigger market worldwide and you are welcome to set your price.
Companies are companies, they tend to think at a bigger level/scale and yes, their plans don't necessarily match yours all the time. This is why you keep your options open and play all cards. Whether you like the OS or not that's not that relevant, especially when you write in Java anyway so you have one abstraction layer between you and the OS. What matters is the OS (or rather the phone product as a whole) that end-users buy and you therefore can target. The only question remains whether the code you may already have can be (at all) reused between Android and the other Java platforms. I'm new to Android and new to Java too so I can't really comment on this. Best regards, Lucian Calling All Innovators 2010 - mobile development competition http://bit.ly/bUjIzf<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://bit.ly/bUjIzf&usg=AFQjCNFstBkHXFkF57jOWWHbBATvBHsX2w> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Amir Alagic <amirs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Google wants more users and if they can tell to users that more than > 65% of all apps are free apps unlike on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, > Windows... then users will buy Android with free apps... and Google > will get more users... more revenues from adds... and we will maybe > get Nexus Two from Google and Motorola... Nexus three .... > > I like Android but Google is no different than Apple, Microsoft or any > other large company... Google only has different methods to control > and achieve what they want... > > > > On Apr 14, 6:40 pm, fhucho <fhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Unfortunately you won't be able to sell it. > > > > On Apr 14, 6:33 pm, r0ytlay <mipa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in > > > countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which > > > does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? > > > > > I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge > > > for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but > > > i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid > > > market. > > > > > On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho <fhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support > > > > for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market > > > > team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. > > > > > > I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep > > > > the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market > > > > from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep > > > > the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to > > > > competitor's app that is free). > > > > > > The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out > > > > any other response than "We're woking on it" (which I find a bit hard > > > > to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). > > > > When I ask a very simpe question, "Will it happen in 2010 or later?", > > > > they answer with silence. > > > > > > I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply > from > > > > a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from > > > > anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- 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
