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Google Dev Phone 1 Banned From Paid Apps
ScrewMaster points out an short article according to which purchasers of the G1 Android phone's developer-oriented variant will be out of luck if they want to buy apps from Google's application store. "Google is not going to allow programmers who have purchased the Dev Phone 1 to purchase paid apps from the Android Market. I just signed up as a G1 developer, and was about to plunk down the $399 for a Dev Phone 1, but now I'm going to have to think about it. I know that Google is interested in preventing (cough) 'piracy,' but does this seem like the right way to go? I know the Dev Phone 1 is primarily a developer's tool, but I would like to actually use the thing, and not have to spend another $180 from T-Mobile for a regular G1 just for the privilege of buying software." I hope this isn't true; the unlocked G1 looked like a pretty cool phone, especially (being unlocked) for travel to countries where pre-paid SIM cards are the norm.
Yes, if only Windows was open source.... the 'black-hat' community would have found ways to subvert it years ago!
What's your app? I'll give it a look.
What? Of course I'll pay for it.
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What part is "non-sense"? The "en-tire" post is about the fact that only software from software "au-thors" who "re-fuse" to allow their software to run in an "unlock-ed" "en-vi-ron-ment" is affected. Are you seriously saying that it matters how the consent of those authors is determined?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
"colonslash"
Thats really quite a gruesome name you have there.
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"colonslash"
Thats really quite a gruesome name you have there.
It's better than #: