androinica.com - 2/17/2009
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Google’s Android Market is now a pay-to-play venture for U.S. and U.K. cell phone owners. Android enthusiasts will have to deal with paying for new applications and even some of the once-free apps that made the T-Mobile G1 such an attractive product.
Before going a spending frenzy to beef ...
t3.com - 2/16/2009
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t3.com —
Last year's slide-out QWERTY number gets an Android
update LG has confirmed at Mobile World Congress that...
the KS360, first announced last July, will be the first handset it releases running Google's Android OS - and it'll launch this summer. The specs ...
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LG to update last year's KS360 mobile with Android this ...
i.gizmodo.com - 2/17/2009
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HTC and Google are getting closer to perfection
with the new Android G2, the HTC Magic ....
Nice finish, great form factor. Check out our video, including the obligatory comparison with Apple's iPhone, and hands-on impressions: The bad news first: ...
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Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection [Htc Magic]
vodafone.com - 2/17/2009
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BARCELONA Feb 17, 2009 Vodafone and HTC Corporation
today announced the HTC Magic smartphone, Vodafone s first...
Android-powered mobile, which will be available in the spring. The stylish new handset is exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany ...
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Vodafone and HTC unveil Android-powered HTC Magic
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More Android Market Policy Details
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... right away… that way if the app stinks, you’ll have enough time to return it.
The Market will allow unlimited reinstalls of purchased apps.
Upgrades must come directly from the developer.
Sexually explicit material is banned from the Android Market.
Billing disputes must be held with the developer or your credit card company.
The entire Android Market Business and Program Policy list can be found here.
[Via: Androinica]
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Android Market return policy, porn policy, and more
CrunchGear —
According to their announcement last week, we should be seeing Android pay apps coming up in the Market in the next day or so. But inquiring minds want to know: Will my 99¢ hentai game be accepted? Can I exploit the upgrade process? Can I sue Google when I buy the $1000 “I Am Richdroid” app “by accident”? All these answers and more!
Here are some salient points taken from the whole document:
You have a 24-hour period from time of purchase to return an app for a full refund. No word on whether you can exploit this again ...
Android Market passa a vender apps e anuncia política de devolução (trial) de 24 horas
MacMagazine —
... (em apenas alguns países, inicialmente) — até então, apenas títulos gratuitos eram distribuídos na loja de apps do Google — e algo muito interessante já foi descoberto pelo pessoal do Androinica: uma política de devolução (trial) de 24 horas. ...
Google Android Market paid app policies surface
Phones Review —
... have surfaced and some of the key points are…There is a 24 hours returns policy in place whereby if you feel the app is bad you can return it.
Other policies include…allowing the user unlimited reinstalls of their purchase applications. There is to be no sexually explicit material allowed in the Android market. App upgrades will have to come via the developer, and any billing disputes should be taken up with the application developer or your credit card company.
Source – androinica
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Android Market Allows App Store Returns
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... to now consider return policies for its own app store.
The Market remains open to all developers who can put up
their apps without requiring any approval from Google or the telecom
carrier. Android has laid out some standard policies such as not
allowing hate speech, apps encouraging harassment of other users or
sexually explicit materials.
Maybe the iBoobs app developers who were rejected at the Apple app store still stand a chance on Android. [via Androinica]
Also see: Google to Take a Hefty Cut on Android App Sales ...
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Android Market Business and Program Policies
google.com 2/17/2009 — 1. Introduction Android Market (“Market”) is owned and operated by Google Inc. Your use of Android Market is subject to your agreement to the policies set forth below, which may be updated from time to time. 2. Android Market Business Policies ...
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HTC Magic Android Phone debuts at MWC 2009 —
I4U News 2/17/2009
As rumored yesterday Vodafone and HTC introduced the HTC Magic Android smartphone aka Google G2 at the MWC 2009.
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Android Market to host paid-for applications —
T3.com News 2/17/2009
Three Months on from the G1 Google Android phone’s UK release, the hugely successful Android Market – where G1 users obtain their Apps – has announced that it’ll now be hosting paid-for applications.
There’ll ...
Android disappoints after CES 2009 now also at MWC 2009 —
I4U News 2/17/2009
After the absence of new Android smartphones at the CES 2009 the hopes where set on the Mobile World Congress 2009 for a big Android showing. Android fans are supposed to be happy with the new HTC Magic coming from Vodafone in Europe. What Android ...