Apps are a huge part of most mobile phone platforms today, especially the iPhone. Most mobile devices have access to an application store, but they aren’t all created equal. The Palm Pre application store has caught criticism because of its meek offerings and according to one developer; the Android Market is not generating sales. Android developer [...]
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Android Google Maps gets Latitude, voice search and transit directions
Google Maps for Android is now even better than before, thanks to new features and a few fixed issues with Google Latitude. You can now search Google Maps for Android simply by speaking your query and Google Maps will search it for you. Google’s voice recognition engine currently understands English in American, Australian and British [...]
Cupcake is catastrophe, claims Big in Japan dev
Everyone’s looking forward to Cupcake, right? Not so fast, says Big in Japan – the team behind the popular ShopSavvy application – Android 1.5 presents more than a few problems for developers. According to Alexander Muse, applications currently running on Android won’t necessarily be compatible with Cupcake 1.5; that means a mad rush to download [...]
DataViz Documents To Go, free RoadSync beta released
DataViz have launched a version of their Office file editing app Documents To Go for Android. Promised back in December, Documents To Go can open Microsoft Word and Excel files and attachments, as well as allow editing and creating of them, up to and including Office 2007 files. Rich formatting is supported, such as bold, italics, underline, [...]
Google allowing tethering apps for non-T-Mobile users
After performing a mass sweep of tethering applications from the Android Market earlier this week, Google have backtracked. Rather than a total ban, their suggestion is to leave tethering software available to “users outside the T-Mobile US network”: “We inadvertently unpublished your application for all mobile providers; if you like, we can restore your app so [...]
Android Market merchant system fixed, says Google
After would-be Android developers reported problems registering their merchant accounts with their developer accounts, and as such were prevented from releasing paid-apps into the Android Market, Google informs us that the situation has been addressed. According to a Google employee on the official support forums, the ongoing issue has been resolved. “The issue you were having [...]
Android Market paid-app system blocking new merchants
Android Community is hearing from developers who are experiencing problems linking Merchant accounts to their Android Developer accounts, and as such are unable to list paid apps on the Android Market. Multiple developers are reporting seeing the error message “Sorry, we could not setup your merchant account. Please try again later” multiple times over the [...]
Google Developer G1 loses paid-app access
Google has blocked access to paid Android applications to the very people who most likely would have vested interest in accessing them: developers using the officially-sanctioned unlocked G1. Google released the Developer version of the G1 back in December 2008, priced at $399, making it available to anybody willing to pay the $25 developers’ registration [...]
Top 10 UK Android Market apps revealed by T-Mobile
T-Mobile UK have released a list of the top ten most popular Android applications, as downloaded to the T-Mobile G1 by users in the UK. The list, which spans backup apps, shopping comparison search engines and horoscope information, have all been available free through the Android Market. Top of the ranking is The Weather Channel, [...]
Android Market Now Accepting Pay-For Applications
According to an e-mail sent to registered Android developers, the Android market is now accepting submissions of paid-applications. Initially, the market will allow US buyers to purchase apps directly from their device “starting mid next week,” according to the e-mail.
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