Episode 22 – Market Watch

By | December 15, 2010
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New Android Market app
Image by okubax via Flickr

The market refund policy is reduced from 24 hours to 15 minutes and more.

Show Notes

  • Market Watch
    • Google unveilsnew updates for the market
      • Two new categories – widgets and live wallpapers, more categories for popular applications and games coming
      • Reducing the Refund Period to 15 minutes from 24 hours
      • Device targeting based on screen size/density
      • Increasing the maximum app size from 25mb to 50mb
  • App News
    • Twidroyd, after going to an ad-supported model, is now back to adless. They also introduced the Twidroyd Factory, a site to customize the theme of the app.
    • Doctor Seuss digital books now available for Android. The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch stole Christmas are available for $3.99 each.
    • Touiteur Twitter Client updated to 2.0. New widgets and more.
    • Youtube for Android updated to include in page playback, commenting, bug fixes, and more.
    • Voice Search updated
    • Google Maps soon to receive an update which will include faster rendering, 3D Buildings, offline caching, and compass orientation to orient the map with the location/position it is being held in.
    • Aldiko 2.0, long awaited, is ‘coming soon’. Will offer Adobe DRM support.
  • Overdrive Media Console (Install via AppBrain)
  • Google Books (Install via AppBrain)
  • Xmarks for Android part of new premium offering for $12 a year (Install via AppBrain)
  • Pinboard
  • Roku Remote (install via AppBrain)
  • Platform News
    • Honeycomb will have new APIs to allow an application to split its views into multiple views, which can be side by side or one after another.
    • Chrome OS is for ‘netbooks’, Android is for touchscreens
    • Starting with Gingerbread, some Android devices will move from the YAFFS file system to the ext4 file system. Data2Ext(link)
  • Developer’s Corner

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2 thoughts on “Episode 22 – Market Watch”

  1. VK7HSE

    Hi Guru & Jere,

    I have to say I totally agree with Jere on the topic of the 15 minute refund now imposed on the market, although there was only one application I have requested a refund on (MyPod) I have to say that I’m put off by it because of the comment that you both said, 15 minutes isn’t enough time to fully review an app if there isn’t a trial or limited version available to use. I wonder if this may force some developers to start using a system where the app is fully enabled for a set period then as time goes passes, start to cripple it unless you pay up! (not a good solution really!)

    Anyhow I look forward to your next Podcast release…

  2. VK7HSE

    Hi Guru & Jere,

    I have to say I totally agree with Jere on the topic of the 15 minute refund now imposed on the market, although there was only one application I have requested a refund on (MyPod) I have to say that I’m put off by it because of the comment that you both said, 15 minutes isn’t enough time to fully review an app if there isn’t a trial or limited version available to use. I wonder if this may force some developers to start using a system where the app is fully enabled for a set period then as time goes passes, start to cripple it unless you pay up! (not a good solution really!)

    Anyhow I look forward to your next Podcast release…

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