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Google Pulls PSX4Droid For Sony's Xperia Play
tlhIngan writes "Google has apparently pulled an Apple and pulled PSX4Droid (a PlayStation emulator) from the Marketplace, citing 'policy violations' for it reason. It's believed that Sony's Xperia Play (aka Playstation Phone) release was behind the move. Strangely, FPSE is still on the Marketplace."
I have no problems with Google policing the android market, in fact it might be good if they did more of that to prevent rouge apps from appearing there. The key difference between android and iOS is that you can get your apps from other sources than android market so the devs of PSX4Droid can just host the app at some other server and they are in business again.
I really think this is Sony pointing out android market ToS violations in order to get this pulled from Market ASAP. Smells like Sony's war on piracy. psx4droid has been in the android market for about a year without complaints from google...
I know that most nintendo emulators and such are able to work without using the system's actual BIOS, but doesn't PS emulation require shipping with Sony's copyright-laden BIOS? I know that it's pretty easy to rip the BIOS from your own PS, but I doubt that this app supports doing this, and probably just ships with the BIOS.
And who gets to decide what is a 'rogue app' Me ? You? Some marketing guy or beancouter?
Don't forget too that not all allow 3rd party application stores so depending on your carrier/phone combination that may not be an option for you.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
I thought the patents on the PS1 expired...& what of just about every other *4droid emulator?
..you'd know that PSX4Droid was pulled from the markert for GPL violations, which is why FPSE is still on the Market
The people that do mind, is the 'niche market' so they have no say-so in the matter. The general mass market doesn't care, which is who drives he boat, as you pointed out.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Please.... we all know that's to rational of a reason to be viable on /. There has to be some evil, underhanded reason they did this.....
While I don't like the decision to remove the app from the store, and hope google clarifies the reasoning (at least to the publisher) it's not the end of the world for most Android devices since they can install the app manually. Neither iOS or Windows 7 Mobile allow for this as far as I know. And yes, some android devices don't either (mostly at&t phones) but, for now, they are the exception to the rule.
So how do I get my refund?
and hope google clarifies the reasoning
The one objection sticking out like a sore thumb to me in the screenshot was "Find Games With ROM Buddy". Applications on Android Market MUST NOT include their own internal app stores. That would at least be consistent with taking down Kongregate and not taking down other emulators that lack a ROM acquisition button.
Guns don't do anything by themselves either, the user has to provide the bullets and pull the trigger. Doesn't mean you shouldn't still control them.
Gun control is hitting your target. The real problem is that schools don't teach how to handle a firearm safely and effectively.
If Google gets too heavy-handed for your taste, find another store.
By extension, if AT&T won't let you install another store, wait out the rest of the 23 months in your contract and find another carrier. If Verizon and Sprint won't offer service where you live and work, find another place to live. Is this what you meant?
Name one Android phone that doesn't let you sideload applications.
Motorola Backflip, HTC Aria, Samsung Captivate, and other Android-powered phones sold in AT&T stores all hide the "Unknown sources" checkbox from the end user.
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This bothers old people like me, but it will becoming the newly accepted culture over time - the "new normal".
What is wrong with us these days? We control our destiny and this "new normal" that you talk about as the future is being determined by people just like us. If you get off your ass and try to do something about it you can drive the boat in the other direction. If you want any of what we worked towards in the past 20 years to matter, then its time to get up and get people going in a different direction, or at least in a direction that is open.
If this whole app store bullshit doesn't end, we're going to end up in a world that nobody with a brain will enjoy living in. An Internet controlled by dictators from governments called corporations. You think that blonde girl throwing the hammer represented Apple? Wrong. Steve Jobs was the wrinkly old man on the screen and the blonde girl is us. Its time to get up and make a difference.
Detractors say what you will, but this is exactly the situation that Richard Stallman was talking about with his essay about not being able to lend a computer to a friend in 2096 because he didn't really own it. 2096, yeah right that's a typo. Stallman is living here and now. We have no ownership man. No ownership. (to paraphrase from Cereal Killer)
So how do we attack this problem you ask? Simple, go out and make your own companies, software, or products of your own whose goal is to make the world in your own vision? Think that open source can't get traction with non-geeks? Ask Mark Shuttlesworth about that. Think it won't get big and have influence? Ask Larry Page and Sergey Brin about that. Think you won't get noticed? Ask Mark Zuckerberg about that. Think you can't start small with nothing and make a difference? Ask Linus Torvalds about that. Maybe not all those people are good role models for you, but they are all people who did what they loved and excelled at it and people loved them for it and followed their ways too. The people who say right place/right time are just the ones that didn't try.
Its funny that you mention Sun because it was the fact that Linus couldn't afford a Sun or other workstation and because Unix was closed up by big corporations (sound familiar) that led him to invent Linux, which is the reason we're all here now. So you can make a difference, and there are just enough people disgruntled about the existance of app stores, smart phones to make it a movement. In fact, let's just call it the open movement. Or the open source movement. Oh wait, there is already one of those? Ok, how about Open Source 2: Electric Boogaloo.
I think you get the idea. I'll shut up now.
People have been writing articles about how Japan migrated to the phone from the computer in 2005. Wether or not the rest of the world decides to do something similar is up to local social norms, customs, and wealth. The iPad and similar tablets are definitely a step in that direction though.
moox. for a new generation.
Let's see: reboot into test mode, adb install, reboot into normal mode, reopen all your documents, web pages, etc. How long does the whole cycle take?
I dunno, that Thinkpad X220 with 12+ hours of usable (!!! http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/lenovo-thinkpad-x220.aspx?page=3, http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6056&p=4) battery life (and that's only with the internal 9-cell battery - the strap-under slice battery adds another 10 hours or so) is looking much better to me than any tablet or smartphone I've seen so far. I have a feeling that as soon as laptops start to catch up in terms of battery life and portability, ARM based tablets and smartphones will become much less appealing. It'll come down to a choice between capacitive touchscreens vs. hardware keyboards & pointing devices, and I have a feeling that far fewer people would be willing to choose the latter if it didn't come with much, much lower battery life.
I too own a high-end Android smartphone to go along with my subnotebook, but if I could get all-day always-on battery life out of my subnotebook, I doubt I'd pull out my phone even half as often...
Just more of the same shit.
Anyone remember Bleem?
I believe that PSX4DROID hasn't respect all the rules [no GPL, no protected names or logo, no promotion of piracy] we respect, and the worst is the integrated link to ROM from their software... which is purely illegal.
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No it has to be because Sony is evil and therefore validating my reason not to pay for software!
ya go to motorola website, download usb drivers
I'm aware of using ADB to sideload. But I was under the impression that one had to go to AT&T's web site and register as a developer in order to download USB drivers.
wow, I think a hippy just threw up over the idealism overload presented in that post
No it has to be because Sony is evil and therefore validating my reason not to pay for software!
Sony became evil after they slept with the Devil ... that is, big media. They were my heros after the original Betamax decision was handed down decades ago. Now ... huh. I don't have any Sony hardware in my house anymore, and probably never will.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
In my mind Sony is the same as ever. They've always been a mix of good and bad ideas. For instance I thought Mini-Discs were awesome but it had its own DRM issues. I don't think anyone can take away the fact the PS1 and especially the PS2 were totally awesome devices even if a lot of their hardware isn't that great. I think DRM is only more noticeable now because it's easier for them to implement and I think all companies have been getting away with trampling over the right to make copies of media you purchase because of piracy.
"PlayStation Phone" First Look Sony Ericsson has launched the first phone officially licensed to play PlayStation games. http://www.newslook.com/videos/302134-playstation-phone-first-look?autoplay=true