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Shazam is getting lots of one star ratings along with comments about the C&D in the android market:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.shazam.android

The keyboard I use is the one included in the Japanese Xperia, and is actually the best one I've used so far. Simeji (http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.adamrocker.android.input.simeji/) and OpenWnn (http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.owplus.ime.openwnnplus) are similar Japanese input methods, and both have several modes including flick input (the left screenshot in the Simeji link and right screenshot for OpenWnn shows flick input in action for Japanese).

Of those two I like OpenWnn better, but both do suffer a bit from featuritis. They have a system of plugins where you can add all kinds of shortcuts, precanned sentences and stuff. The default Japanese Xperia keyboard is much cleaner and simpler, and feels more responsive too.

The keyboard I use is the one included in the Japanese Xperia, and is actually the best one I've used so far. Simeji (http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.adamrocker.android.input.simeji/) and OpenWnn (http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.owplus.ime.openwnnplus) are similar Japanese input methods, and both have several modes including flick input (the left screenshot in the Simeji link and right screenshot for OpenWnn shows flick input in action for Japanese).

Of those two I like OpenWnn better, but both do suffer a bit from featuritis. They have a system of plugins where you can add all kinds of shortcuts, precanned sentences and stuff. The default Japanese Xperia keyboard is much cleaner and simpler, and feels more responsive too.

What the hell are you trolling about? Have you ever even used Android? I have and Android phone right here and it is awesome. Everything on it works great. Thanks to the 1 GHz Snapdragon proc, multi-touch is butter smooth, the browser is blazing fast, maps and the free navigation is the best this side of a 500 dollar garmin, the camera takes decent phone pictures, it's easy to use, the ui is intuitive, voice input into any text entry box, I could go on. About the only thing that was indeed half-assed is the market app. It downright sucks. Of course, that's what sites like this are for. As someone that's been through over a dozen Windows Mobile phones through the years, Android is like when Dorothy stepped out of black and white and into color. It's nothing short of phenomenal as a smartphone OS. Even developing for it is brain dead easy with the free emulator and eclipse plugin integration.

I have to think you are trolling or just laying down the 'turf, one.

What good is developing an Application if nobody can find it?

Perhaps you've heard of the Android marketplace.

It's not locked down like the Itunes store. You can browse it here, here and here. Androlib even has QR codes that you can scan with your Android phone that will take you directly to application in the Android Marketplace.

To be honest, I don't trust iWhateverApp

Because no phishing applications made it past the ever watchful censors at Apple?

NoThankYou.jpg to gateway only security. I'd rather have on-device security which informs me which services (API's, but in simple terms like "can send SMS", "accesses your contacts/personal data" or "can write and delete from the SD card"). Even third party APK's do this (because it's part of Android, not the thrid party software).

So stop spreading FUD and others stop modding up FUD.

..lets me search, install, share apps. It also leaves spam apps out and recommends new ones quite accurately. I bet more, better, competing marketplace web UIs are just around the corner. Google not providing one is, if nothing else, a great opportunity.

Maybe try some of this stuff before writing about it?

Here's my apps list:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/MagicFab/apps-on-the-nexus-one

The provided Marketplace app to search and install from the phone really is only one of many ways to get apps on such phones.

"What if I don't own a G1 and want to see what apps are on the marketplace?"

http://www.appbrain.com/ or http://www.androidzoom.com/ is a good start. True, it'd (possibly) be better if Google made it browseable themselves, but letting other sites at the data and do it works pretty well too. On the upside, with several online catalog sites you can use the one that presents the data in the way that fits you.

http://www.cyrket.com/ http://www.androlib.com/ http://www.appbrain.com/ http://www.androidzoom.com/ Just to name a few... Sure, one by Google might be nice.