[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
I'm still afraid that sales via slideme.org will be just a very small fraction comparing to selling my own licence keys to free apps via paypal. If you compare download rates for the same app on Android Market and on Slideme there is significant difference. But slideme.org is IMHO a proof that Google does not recognizes paid apps as a priority. Because if small private company CAN sell android apps and Google is NOT ABLE TO DO IT then it is probably because of strategy decision not because of any other reason. I wish I got clear expression from Google what are they priorities regarding Android Market. Whether ads or paid apps worldwide. Tom -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
For Point 5, I think you cannot submit any apps to android market with the license key activation required as a free app. The policy are restricted the developers to use their authorize payment processor. 2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com What makes me crazy about Amir's vision: 1) Not all applications as suitable for AdSupported business model. I can't imagine how Home Screen widgets can be paid from Ads. There is too small space where to show ads that I believe it is impossible. 2) I can imagine applications where Ad Supported is most efficient way how to monetize your app via Ads - social networks, references, location based apps. Not many apps on AM can't use this business model. 3) According my friends revenue from Ads is currently very low. I can imagine that somebody pays one or two bucks for my widget but I can't imagine how many adds I have to display to get two bucks. How long time I have to wait until initial investment to Android Dev Phone and Android Market Entry fee returns back? And what is worse I have to buy another phone as my current Android Dev Phone 1 is currently antiquated and Froyo will probably never be at this phone. 4) In my country (Czech Republic) there is necessary additional bureaucracy to be AdSense member. Even if earn 1 USD per month I have to sign on as VAT payer with quarterly reports to government and quite complicated administrative. This is our local specific but it may be in other countries too. This is the reason that I can't even try AdSense in my app. 5) So only viable way how to monetize my apps is to develop alternative licencing method (licence keys paid via PayPal). This has disadvantages for both me and Google. I have to spend time on non productive work instead of improving my app. Every other developer has to reinvent similar wheel. Money transfer fees goes to PayPal instead of Google. There is no commission for Google. This business model may violate current (and future) application content guidelines. I have to solve somehow situation that Google prohibits this licencing model in future but I have to be fair to users that already paid. Etc. I hope that Google understands concerns mentioned here and they will open paid applications to the world. Tom -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
For my country there is no authorized processor. Because of Google's approach we are criticizing here. I would love to use Google's immediately. I spent 350USD (phone and market entry fee) to start developing for Android and I would like to get my investment back. I hoped Google will help me by allowing to sell apps internationally. But they don't... :-( Tom On May 28, 2010 2:17 AM, Chi Kit Leung michaelchi...@gmail.com wrote: For Point 5, I think you cannot submit any apps to android market with the license key activation required as a free app. The policy are restricted the developers to use their authorize payment processor. 2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com What makes me crazy about Amir's vision: 1) Not all applications as suitable for AdSupported business model. I can't imagine how Home ... -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group... -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
i agree with Andy. But there is some alternative markets than google. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Andy Savage a...@bluewire.net.nz wrote: That's just crazy. How can they hope to compete with Apple's paid store? For sure that it's a different (and possibly exciting) interaction model for apps, but honestly the revenue is far less garmented. I don't see why they don't just take a cut from app purchases and then put that towards improving the store and offering paid apps everywhere. I for one certainly wouldn't mind 10% of my revenue going their way if the apps store was fantastic and it was available everywhere. -- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution - Bertrand Russell Andy Savage Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 Skype ID: andy_savage Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage 2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com This sounds terribly. I love AdSense in web pages as it is not annoying but sometimes even useful. But I really hate ads in software. I wish what you wrote bellow is not true :-( Tom On 25 kvě, 20:41, Amir Alagic amirs...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I don't think that this will happen any time soon for you in Singapore. Google is living on ads and few months ago Google bought AdMob for 750 million dollars. It it not in their interest to improve paid apps after they invested so much money in mobile advertising. Last year Google said that they will give us list of countries that will get paid apps... but it is more than a year and still almost nothing. There were some rumors that paid apps will come to Sweden at the end of Q1 2009, then that it will come in october 2009, then that it will come in Q1 2010 but nothing. Many people ask questions about that on so called Help forum for Android Market but nobody from Google is answering even if some people asked for more than a year. People that were on Google IO got 100 dollars checks to use with Adwords/Adsense (friend that was there told me about that). It looks like that Google prefer adds... I hope that I am wrong. On May 21, 11:34 am, hotr0d cyberm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surrently located in Singapore and I really love my Nexus one and I would love buy apps from the market place. I hope the ability to buy android apps from anywhere in the world (just like Iphone apps) would be available really really really soon. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group athttp:// groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
i agree with Andy. But there is some alternative markets than google. Unfortunately there is MANY alternative markets with very small share and very uncertain future :-/ Tom -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
On 26 kvě, 04:37, Andy Savage a...@bluewire.net.nz wrote: I for one certainly wouldn't mind 10% of my revenue going their way if the apps store was fantastic and it was available everywhere. FYI: Google takes 30% of your revenue in chosen countries ;-) -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
I believe that the 30% went to the carriers only? If what you say is true and they take 30% where there is no carrier deal in place then they have NO excuse (at least from our perspective) not to implement *good* paid markets everywhere. For every minute that they don't they are loosing significant revenue. In my mind the Google Market is key. This is what will really be the iPhone killer. Get this right and people will consider to move which means big dollars for Google (directly or indrectly). Right now it's just idle threats for people who criticize the iPhone, Apple Store and it's many flaws. There's no better alternative. I guess this is a slight rave, but to talk a little further on this when I read a previous thread in regards to Google ignoring petitions. Seems almost like shooting themselves in the foot. If enough people want something, why wouldn't they listen to them and implement? Seems like Google has grown so big and impersonal that it's loosing touch with it's customers (developer customers that is). Pity... because eventually they will figure this out. But in the meantime they will miss significant revenue and fast-mover advantage. -- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution - Bertrand Russell Andy Savage Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 Skype ID: andy_savage Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage 2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com On 26 kvě, 04:37, Andy Savage a...@bluewire.net.nz wrote: I for one certainly wouldn't mind 10% of my revenue going their way if the apps store was fantastic and it was available everywhere. FYI: Google takes 30% of your revenue in chosen countries ;-) -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
What makes me crazy about Amir's vision: 1) Not all applications as suitable for AdSupported business model. I can't imagine how Home Screen widgets can be paid from Ads. There is too small space where to show ads that I believe it is impossible. 2) I can imagine applications where Ad Supported is most efficient way how to monetize your app via Ads - social networks, references, location based apps. Not many apps on AM can't use this business model. 3) According my friends revenue from Ads is currently very low. I can imagine that somebody pays one or two bucks for my widget but I can't imagine how many adds I have to display to get two bucks. How long time I have to wait until initial investment to Android Dev Phone and Android Market Entry fee returns back? And what is worse I have to buy another phone as my current Android Dev Phone 1 is currently antiquated and Froyo will probably never be at this phone. 4) In my country (Czech Republic) there is necessary additional bureaucracy to be AdSense member. Even if earn 1 USD per month I have to sign on as VAT payer with quarterly reports to government and quite complicated administrative. This is our local specific but it may be in other countries too. This is the reason that I can't even try AdSense in my app. 5) So only viable way how to monetize my apps is to develop alternative licencing method (licence keys paid via PayPal). This has disadvantages for both me and Google. I have to spend time on non productive work instead of improving my app. Every other developer has to reinvent similar wheel. Money transfer fees goes to PayPal instead of Google. There is no commission for Google. This business model may violate current (and future) application content guidelines. I have to solve somehow situation that Google prohibits this licencing model in future but I have to be fair to users that already paid. Etc. I hope that Google understands concerns mentioned here and they will open paid applications to the world. Tom -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
In Google IO, they showed an app being installed to a smartphone directly from a desktop browser (via the internet). I'm hoping this will become a way to buy/install apps bypassing the Android Market app and so could potentially open app-purchases to countries that do not currently support paid apps. I emphasise the word *hoping*. Buy a Nexus One direct from Google (i.e. carrier-free) and connect to the Android Market via wifi and you will not see paid apps (if you don't insert a sim card). There is no technical reason for this and its nothing to do with your location (tax-related issues), since you may well be sitting in a paid-app country. The problem is you don't have a paid-app country sim card inserted. What that has to do with anything is a mystery! On May 26, 10:59 am, Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com wrote: What makes me crazy about Amir's vision: 1) Not all applications as suitable for AdSupported business model. I can't imagine how Home Screen widgets can be paid from Ads. There is too small space where to show ads that I believe it is impossible. 2) I can imagine applications where Ad Supported is most efficient way how to monetize your app via Ads - social networks, references, location based apps. Not many apps on AM can't use this business model. 3) According my friends revenue from Ads is currently very low. I can imagine that somebody pays one or two bucks for my widget but I can't imagine how many adds I have to display to get two bucks. How long time I have to wait until initial investment to Android Dev Phone and Android Market Entry fee returns back? And what is worse I have to buy another phone as my current Android Dev Phone 1 is currently antiquated and Froyo will probably never be at this phone. 4) In my country (Czech Republic) there is necessary additional bureaucracy to be AdSense member. Even if earn 1 USD per month I have to sign on as VAT payer with quarterly reports to government and quite complicated administrative. This is our local specific but it may be in other countries too. This is the reason that I can't even try AdSense in my app. 5) So only viable way how to monetize my apps is to develop alternative licencing method (licence keys paid via PayPal). This has disadvantages for both me and Google. I have to spend time on non productive work instead of improving my app. Every other developer has to reinvent similar wheel. Money transfer fees goes to PayPal instead of Google. There is no commission for Google. This business model may violate current (and future) application content guidelines. I have to solve somehow situation that Google prohibits this licencing model in future but I have to be fair to users that already paid. Etc. I hope that Google understands concerns mentioned here and they will open paid applications to the world. Tom -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Mark Carter mjc1...@googlemail.com wrote: In Google IO, they showed an app being installed to a smartphone directly from a desktop browser (via the internet). I'm hoping this will become a way to buy/install apps bypassing the Android Market app and so could potentially open app-purchases to countries that do not currently support paid apps. Push IMHO is just remote command for Android Market client not bypassing Android Market itself. I can imagine that alternative markets will use this but I still think that you need some 'listener installed in the phone. Buy a Nexus One direct from Google (i.e. carrier-free) and connect to the Android Market via wifi and you will not see paid apps (if you don't insert a sim card). There is no technical reason for this and its nothing to do with your location (tax-related issues), since you may well be sitting in a paid-app country. The problem is you don't have a paid-app country sim card inserted. What that has to do with anything is a mystery! This I can confirm. Many people here in Europe just buy prepaid US card on eBay then insert it into phone, BUY (!) paid apps and then return their local SIM back to phone. And this just works. This is crazy! This IMHO supports piracy because to get paid application from illegal source is probably easier. Tom -- --- Tom Hubalek (tom.huba...@gmail.com), http://blog.hubalek.net/ http://facebook.com/thubalek, http://twitter.com/thubalek http://www.linkedin.com/in/thubalek -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com Push IMHO is just remote command for Android Market client not bypassing Android Market itself. I can imagine that alternative markets will use this but I still think that you need some 'listener installed in the phone. I was assuming it would just invoke the package manager. Have a look at the Google IO presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44From 31:10 it shows the remote triggering of an apk download. -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
In the 8 months of 'nothing' from Google on this issue, we've seen a way to make it work for the software developer too, as it should: This other approach involves 'not killing iPhone', but maintaining some plurality in your platform dev choice. Consider the Android market as your 'test' market, for testing new products, testing new ideas in products and to get momentum in user- land. Put them out on Android first and for free, but also do a version for the iPhone that is a paid app. Put the extra features and the extra polish into the iPhone paid app. You end up with the traditional highly successful duel marketing model where you have a 'low-end' product (for people who like it that way), and a 'high-end' product (for people who like it that way). It also happens to side- step this whole international market impasse - which, if as Amir suggests, is not really an impasse but a Google strategy to move us all towards an adwords/adsense payment world only. I concede that it has two drawbacks: 1). Not all applications you can do on the Android can be done/or make sense to do on iPhone (and the reverse is also true). But a majority can. On Android, concentrate on more screen formats and interaction modes; on iPhone concentrate on more features and polish. Eventually iPhone will probably get the extra screen formats, so very little of the work will go unpaid. 2). You have to port (much of) your code to Objective-C most probably. (If you have a lot of code in 'C' you can probably mitigate that - which is what a lot of the mainstream game developers do/have.) On the other hand, in the 8 months in which Google has said absolutely 'zero' on this issue, you could have done an incredible quality port to the iPhone. Of course if we had known 'in advance' nothing was going to happen for this long, we would have started much earlier on this duel strategy, but at least we have now have. Steve On May 26, 6:44 pm, Andy Savage a...@bluewire.net.nz wrote: I believe that the 30% went to the carriers only? If what you say is true and they take 30% where there is no carrier deal in place then they have NO excuse (at least from our perspective) not to implement *good* paid markets everywhere. For every minute that they don't they are loosing significant revenue. In my mind the Google Market is key. This is what will really be the iPhone killer... -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
One of the advantages of the application market SlideMe.org (http:// slideme.org) is that they handle all the tax payments themselves, the vendor does not have to. The vendor receives the payment from slideme instead of direct from the end user. Another advantage is that you really can use it from any country where there is wireless. Or so it seems. I have to admit I haven't read ALL the fine print;) But it is certainly a much wider list of countries fhan for Google. Finally, slideme.org shows up near the top when one does a Google search on the keywords android market marketplace so buyers have a good chance of finding this market on their own. Especially since even the Wikipedia article on Android Market mentions SlideME! On May 26, 1:59 am, Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com wrote: What makes me crazy about Amir's vision: 1) Not all applications as suitable for AdSupported business model. I can't imagine how Home Screen widgets can be paid from Ads. There is too small space where to show ads that I believe it is impossible. 2) I can imagine applications where Ad Supported is most efficient way how to monetize your app via Ads - social networks, references, location based apps. Not many apps on AM can't use this business model. 3) According my friends revenue from Ads is currently very low. I can imagine that somebody pays one or two bucks for my widget but I can't imagine how many adds I have to display to get two bucks. How long time I have to wait until initial investment to Android Dev Phone and Android Market Entry fee returns back? And what is worse I have to buy another phone as my current Android Dev Phone 1 is currently antiquated and Froyo will probably never be at this phone. 4) In my country (Czech Republic) there is necessary additional bureaucracy to be AdSense member. Even if earn 1 USD per month I have to sign on as VAT payer with quarterly reports to government and quite complicated administrative. This is our local specific but it may be in other countries too. This is the reason that I can't even try AdSense in my app. 5) So only viable way how to monetize my apps is to develop alternative licencing method (licence keys paid via PayPal). This has disadvantages for both me and Google. I have to spend time on non productive work instead of improving my app. Every other developer has to reinvent similar wheel. Money transfer fees goes to PayPal instead of Google. There is no commission for Google. This business model may violate current (and future) application content guidelines. I have to solve somehow situation that Google prohibits this licencing model in future but I have to be fair to users that already paid. Etc. I hope that Google understands concerns mentioned here and they will open paid applications to the world. Tom -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
Surely you can use SlideME from Singapore. The list of apps is not anywere near as comprehensive as on Google's Android Market, but it is still pretty good. Go to http://slideme.org. On May 21, 2:34 am, hotr0d cyberm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surrently located in Singapore and I really love my Nexus one and I would love buy apps from the market place. I hope the ability to buy android apps from anywhere in the world (just like Iphone apps) would be available really really really soon. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
Hi, I don't think that this will happen any time soon for you in Singapore. Google is living on ads and few months ago Google bought AdMob for 750 million dollars. It it not in their interest to improve paid apps after they invested so much money in mobile advertising. Last year Google said that they will give us list of countries that will get paid apps... but it is more than a year and still almost nothing. There were some rumors that paid apps will come to Sweden at the end of Q1 2009, then that it will come in october 2009, then that it will come in Q1 2010 but nothing. Many people ask questions about that on so called Help forum for Android Market but nobody from Google is answering even if some people asked for more than a year. People that were on Google IO got 100 dollars checks to use with Adwords/Adsense (friend that was there told me about that). It looks like that Google prefer adds... I hope that I am wrong. On May 21, 11:34 am, hotr0d cyberm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surrently located in Singapore and I really love my Nexus one and I would love buy apps from the market place. I hope the ability to buy android apps from anywhere in the world (just like Iphone apps) would be available really really really soon. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
This sounds terribly. I love AdSense in web pages as it is not annoying but sometimes even useful. But I really hate ads in software. I wish what you wrote bellow is not true :-( Tom On 25 kvě, 20:41, Amir Alagic amirs...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I don't think that this will happen any time soon for you in Singapore. Google is living on ads and few months ago Google bought AdMob for 750 million dollars. It it not in their interest to improve paid apps after they invested so much money in mobile advertising. Last year Google said that they will give us list of countries that will get paid apps... but it is more than a year and still almost nothing. There were some rumors that paid apps will come to Sweden at the end of Q1 2009, then that it will come in october 2009, then that it will come in Q1 2010 but nothing. Many people ask questions about that on so called Help forum for Android Market but nobody from Google is answering even if some people asked for more than a year. People that were on Google IO got 100 dollars checks to use with Adwords/Adsense (friend that was there told me about that). It looks like that Google prefer adds... I hope that I am wrong. On May 21, 11:34 am, hotr0d cyberm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surrently located in Singapore and I really love my Nexus one and I would love buy apps from the market place. I hope the ability to buy android apps from anywhere in the world (just like Iphone apps) would be available really really really soon. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Apps purchasing from anywhere in the world
That's just crazy. How can they hope to compete with Apple's paid store? For sure that it's a different (and possibly exciting) interaction model for apps, but honestly the revenue is far less garmented. I don't see why they don't just take a cut from app purchases and then put that towards improving the store and offering paid apps everywhere. I for one certainly wouldn't mind 10% of my revenue going their way if the apps store was fantastic and it was available everywhere. -- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution - Bertrand Russell Andy Savage Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 Skype ID: andy_savage Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage 2010/5/26 Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com This sounds terribly. I love AdSense in web pages as it is not annoying but sometimes even useful. But I really hate ads in software. I wish what you wrote bellow is not true :-( Tom On 25 kvě, 20:41, Amir Alagic amirs...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I don't think that this will happen any time soon for you in Singapore. Google is living on ads and few months ago Google bought AdMob for 750 million dollars. It it not in their interest to improve paid apps after they invested so much money in mobile advertising. Last year Google said that they will give us list of countries that will get paid apps... but it is more than a year and still almost nothing. There were some rumors that paid apps will come to Sweden at the end of Q1 2009, then that it will come in october 2009, then that it will come in Q1 2010 but nothing. Many people ask questions about that on so called Help forum for Android Market but nobody from Google is answering even if some people asked for more than a year. People that were on Google IO got 100 dollars checks to use with Adwords/Adsense (friend that was there told me about that). It looks like that Google prefer adds... I hope that I am wrong. On May 21, 11:34 am, hotr0d cyberm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surrently located in Singapore and I really love my Nexus one and I would love buy apps from the market place. I hope the ability to buy android apps from anywhere in the world (just like Iphone apps) would be available really really really soon. -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group athttp:// groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
