Comments on: Android release today. TIME fairy tales. http://cimota.com/blog/2008/09/23/android-release-today-time-fairy-tales/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Tech, Innovation, Startups, Opportunity ... and Sailing Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/09/23/android-release-today-time-fairy-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-26625 mj Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:24:29 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1303#comment-26625 Hi Anita, the problem being that "at launch" the apps are only free because they don't have the back end built to get people to pay for stuff, not because of any great altruism. And yes, it'll be filled with duds, just like the Apple App Store, Hi Anita, the problem being that “at launch” the apps are only free because they don’t have the back end built to get people to pay for stuff, not because of any great altruism.

And yes, it’ll be filled with duds, just like the Apple App Store,

]]> By: Anita http://cimota.com/blog/2008/09/23/android-release-today-time-fairy-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-26589 Anita Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:49:06 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1303#comment-26589 Thanks for mentioning my article in your blog. Unfortunately, you are mistaken in your critique. As noted in a post on the Android Developers Blog on Aug. 28, all apps in the Android Market will be free (unpaid) at launch. Perhaps Google will change its mind on this point closer to launch, but this info comes straight from Google's Eric Chu. See quote and link below: "Some decisions are still being made, but at a minimum you can expect support for free (unpaid) applications. Soon after launch an update will be provided that supports download of paid content and more features such as versioning, multiple device profile support, analytics, etc." http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/android-market-user-driven-content.html Thanks for mentioning my article in your blog. Unfortunately, you are mistaken in your critique. As noted in a post on the Android Developers Blog on Aug. 28, all apps in the Android Market will be free (unpaid) at launch. Perhaps Google will change its mind on this point closer to launch, but this info comes straight from Google’s Eric Chu. See quote and link below:

“Some decisions are still being made, but at a minimum you can expect support for free (unpaid) applications. Soon after launch an update will be provided that supports download of paid content and more features such as versioning, multiple device profile support, analytics, etc.”

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/android-market-user-driven-content.html

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