I don't see the connection between your local network operators carrying a device and google being obligated to offer paid applications to people in that region. It would be nice, yes, but there is no enforceable connection, which means that you may have a long wait.
Presumably, when google perceives a sufficient demand to justify the legal, accounting, and development expense for making the paid market available in your region, that will be when they finally do. As you have stated before, belgium is a small country, so there likely won't be the huge demand required. At least not immediately. Note: Canada is still waiting for paid apps. Geographically, it is the second largest country in the world. With a population over 3 times that of belgium, and legal and accounting issues more similar to the US (and familiar to google), you can expect that Canada will be serviced with paid market much sooner than belgium. I suggest that if you are interested in selling android apps, that you either make your apps applicable outside of belgium, or sell your apps outside of the android market. Unlike apple, you CAN sell apps outside of the android market, and the end user can easily install them. On Aug 25, 2:42 pm, Moombe <[email protected]> wrote: > Would, by any chance, anyone have a clear explanation about why the > Android Market in Belgium still won't allow for paid apps ? > Since June, network operators such as Proximus and Mobistar have > officially introduced the HTC Magic and HTC Hero, but there is a lot > of frustration due to no paid apps being available. > Belgium is a small country, and what I see today are developpers > prefering to develop for the iPhone because they know they will get > money for the apps thru the AppStore. > > We are a small company considering the develop skills on Android in > Belgium and selling our services to Small Businesses, but as long as > no paid apps are accessible in Belgium, we will continue to develop > our skills on the iPhone. > > Add to this the paid apps market issues with HTC Hero (issues with > copy-protected apps), and you get into a situation which is somehow > even more silly than the obscure apps aalidation processes of Apple. > Clearly, as of today, the Android Market is a counter-adverstising for > Android. Too bad. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
