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Android's "Flea Market" Needs Urgent Attention

Posted by kdawson on from the step-down-from-a-bazaar dept.

andylim writes "According to Barry O'Neil, ex-President of Namco Bandai Network Europe, Google needs to understand that a constantly evolving 'beta' product doesn't cut it. It has to learn from the mistakes of the Java business in order to save Android. 'If Google is to present a threat to the Apple App Store ecosystem, it needs to address discovery and purchasing as a matter of urgency, or abandon control and hand over the entire management of the Android Market to carriers, OEMs and trusted publishers.'"

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  1. Re:How to Search Android Market from a PC by revlayle · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and, it's not that much worse than installing iTunes!!

  2. Re:What by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    It does, according to the ex-President of a company of which I've never heard!

    I know, I mean who's heard of Namco? What the hell have they made? Something called "Pac-Man"? What the hell is a Pac-Man? It sounds like a type of food.