Archive for 'Application Market'

DailyHoroscope #1 most popular app on QVGA devices Android Market

Yes, that’s right! DailyHoroscope (currently #9 most popular application on the Android Market in US) is #1 most popular application on QVGA devices. This is the new HTC Tattoo device with QVGA screen size.
We have written previously that it was number 4 in UK. I have been told that it is #5-6 most popular application [...]

Long awaited update to the Android Market is coming in Android 1.6 – codenamed Donut

The long experienced pain of hard application discovery will be hopefully partially solved with the new update to the Android Market in Android firmware 1.6 codenamed Donut. The new market app looks completely different and somewhat user friendly. It is not clear however why there is a need to wait until new firmware update and [...]

DailyHoroscope application is available on BlackBerry

DailyHoroscope application that was available on Android platform as DailyHoroscope for Android, couple weeks after G1 hit the stores and was very well received by Android crowd, is now available for BlackBerry users. It has been available for download from GetJar and Mobihand for 2 weeks now while waiting for approval on App World. On [...]

Paid application to become available on Android mid next week

Developers from US and UK can go to the publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish to upload their application(s) along with end user pricing for the apps. The, priced applications will be available to end users in the US starting mid next week.
From Android market blog:
“We will also enable developers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, and Spain [...]

SlideMe beats Android market with allowing paid applications

SlideME, an industry pioneer in paid Android application, has recently announced support for mobile payments through its SlideME Marketplace, which is a available in the form of Android application.  With the new release release of SAM 2.3, any developer from any country can sell their Android applications through (let’s abuse some notations) SlideMe market to [...]

What’s new in Android Firmware RC33 upgrade

Couple of days ago, we received reports that selected users started to get RC33 firmware upgrades. As more users are getting the upgrade, we were able to see what’s new in this firmware version. While you will get a lot of connectivity and other bug fixes, what is most prominent in this release to our [...]

Blackbery StoreFront the present and the future!

Very interesting and insightful interview with Mike Kirkup, RIM’s head of developer relations was posted today by ZDNet.
Q: Google is fairly relaxed about which applications can go into the Android Market, and Apple is quite strict about keeping out App Store submissions that replicate functionality already on the iPhone. What level of gate keeping [...]

Blackbery soon to open appstore and is accepting application submissions

There’s no doubt that Apple is definitely contributing BIG innovations. One of the recent ones which was not directly celebrated by the customers, but which opened a lot of new possibilities and directions is the appstore.The idea is simple and yet genius – let’s give people instant access to the content specialized for their OS [...]