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Mobile Industry Review: T-Mobile G1 Android application marketplace - the inaugural list!

  • nicole · 1 year ago
    I have the g1...I'm on it rite now but I can't find tha barcode applecation
  • Ewan · 1 year ago
    Strange!
  • jamesbody · 1 year ago
    Hmmm - I must admt that I am a lttle underwhelmed by the diversity and usefulness of the initial spread of applications on the G1. On reading through the list I see only 2 or 3 apps that I would consider downloadig.

    Compare this list with that which the Apple iPhone launched with - within an hour of getting to grips with the iPhone 3G I had downloaded some 20 applications - most of which were free!

    If Android is goin to win the battle against the iPhone they are going to have to dramatically improve the breadth and quality of their downloadable apps!
  • craig · 1 year ago
    iPhone 3G wasn't the intial offering of the iPhone. I'm sure when the third iteration of the G1 comes out, there will be more than 20 useful applications that people will be wanting.
  • jamesbody · 1 year ago
    True - but it is not the phone that we are talking about here - it is the Applications Store!

    Compare the 1st iteration of the Apple Apps Strore against the 1st iteration of the Android equivalent......

    But - being a bit more generous towards the Android apps store - it absolutely SPANKS the Nokia 'Applications Download' area on Symbian!!
  • Rhonmark · 1 year ago
    Keep in mind that the 1st gen iPhone didn't come with an app store initially. You'd have to jailbreak it and have 'installer' installed which Apple didn't authorize. It was only after several firmware updates and offered SDKs that the App store was finally born. True that the G1 is not an iPhone but it sure is a step in the right direction. In the end, the consumer wins because competition is good. BTW, I'm an iPhone user/lover but Apple should'nt be resting in their laurels.
  • South77 · 1 year ago
    G-Phones are gonna be a huge influence, especially once the OS gets onto a few more devices.

    The google force is strong.

    Just to be grumpy (cos I'm working Sunday), what is there here that is not on Nokia S60 already?

    Sure there's an app store, but I kinda like anarchic nature of S60 -- anyone can offer an app and there are lots of ways to get them and install them (SMS link, browser, side load, app store, email).

    All this app store stuff is a little sanitized-- but very sensible and practical.