Google opened “its Android Market Web store Wednesday. The store lets users choose apps through a Web browser and have them installed remotely to their smart phones and tablets. Previously, the Android Market was only available on Android-running devices,” Rachel Metz reports for The Associated Press.
“Chris Yerga, director of engineering for Android cloud services, said the move is meant to give users more ways to find and install apps on their Android-running gadgets,” Metz reports.
MacDailyNews Take: Now, if he could only find some Android settlers who are wiling to pay for apps, all would be right in Google’s derivative fragmented world.
Metz continues, “Also Wednesday, Yerga said Google will start supporting in-app purchases, which means that Android app developers could make it possible for users to buy virtual items such as additional levels or features within games. This is a feature Apple Inc.’s iPhone already has.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple leads. The rest follow. As usual.
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MacDailyNews Take: We have a theory that goes like this: People who wanted to stay with Verizon Wireless settled for Google Android fakes while waiting for the real thing. However, that was as far as they were willing to go; they weren’t going to invest money into a library of Android apps when they always intended to get an iPhone on Verizon as soon as they could. Now, not only will we see a large shift from Android to iPhone in the U.S. (over the next two years as contracts elapse), but developers are going to experience a second gold rush as these new iPhone users excitedly invest in apps.
My iPhone 3G screams on 4.0-4.2, never had a problem, and its just as fast as it was on iOS 3.0, and in regards to the keyboard, probably faster. But my brother-in-law has the exact same 2.5 year old 3G, and it suck b@lls it’s so slow. He had tried a couple of the fixes short of reverting back to factory settings, but to no avail. A side by side comparison between the two phones shows a marked difference in speed. And no, my phone isn’t a 3GS. Just regular 3G.
Still though, neither of these remotely compares to my iPhone 4. It’s a thing of beauty.
Thanks for the info, Predrag. I decided to go with a family plan with T-Mobile because of mobile-to-mobile, discount, and other considerations. If I were single, then your suggestion would be a good way to go if I could force myself to accept an Android phone. I would rather pay more for an iPhone 4 when I feel like splurging.
Some may deride me as having partaken of the Apple kool-aid. But I prefer to think of myself as loyal and prudent. Apple products have served me well and have helped me to avoid a lot of stress over the years. I have no reason to take a chance going out of ecosystem at this point. Besides, Google has pissed me off and I plan to continue avoiding Google products in the future, much as I have avoided Microsoft and Bing.
Unfortunately your theory is wrong MDN.
Should Android web apps also run on the iPhone – assuming they’re based on the HTML5 open standard?
“I don’t understand the headline in parentheses. Help me out.”
There’s the door.
I’d have to agree that iOS developers are going to get a second rush of sales with Android users moving to iPhone. So far, three of my Android using friends on VZ have declared their intent to switch immediately… it actually surprised me, since they seemed okay with their copycat phones, at least on the surface. It’ll be interesting to watch, no doubt.
Droids are toy phones, butt-ugly if you ask me, sell your 3g and 3gs and get an iphone 4, you will never regret it…
Pay heed to MDN’s takes. Seems they far better on future outcomes than Nostradamus ever was.
@acid, ‘Wow and who in Google design the http://market.android.com/ page?’
I don’t understand the use of the word ‘design’. Help me out.
ant-acid.
I hope Android phones sell well. The last thing I want to see is Apple products become… common.
more things that require a clunky slow web browser…