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Google blocks access to paid Android apps on developer phones
Tom Krazit | Feb 27, 2009
Mobile developers who purchased an unlocked HTC G1 (HTC Dream in Asia) phone from Google discovered this week that they can't run paid applications from the Android Market.
Google is denying those developers access to copy-protected applications sold in the Android Market because developers have a higher level of access to the G1 phone than regular users, and could potentially break the copy protection on those applications, according to IDG News Service. "We aren't distributing copy-protected applications to these phones in order to minimize unauthorized copy of the applications," a Google representative said in a statement sent to CNET.
Developers willing to join the Android developer program for US$25 can buy an unlocked G1 handset for US$399. That version of the device also apparently allows them access to a special folder where paid applications are stored away from the prying eyes of regular customers who may be interested in breaking the copy-protection on those applications.
For that reason, Google has simply blocked those using the unlocked G1 from downloading paid applications from the Android Market. That didn't sit well with some developers on a thread on Google's Android Forums, who felt Google was unfairly portraying them as pirates while also denying them the ability to download their own paid applications on the Android Market.
It doesn't appear that the ban on paid applications extends to those who have unlocked the retail version of the G1, at least not as of yet.
Via CNET News
Wealth-flaunting app arrives on Android phones
Stephen Shankland | Feb 26, 2009
The Android Market now offers the US$200 "I Am Richer" application.
(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET Networks)
An application that did nothing beyond showing a person was willing to spend gobs of money for it didn't last long on Apple's App Store, but now we'll begin to see if Google lives up to its more laissez-faire approach to its rival Android Market.
Apple banned Armin Heinrich's "I Am Rich", which cost US$1,000 and only showed a red ruby, from its App Store last August. Now the conceptually similar "I Am Richer" has arrived on the Android Market from Mike DG.
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Palm says game on for the Pre
Tom Krazit | Feb 20, 2009
Would you buy the Pre if there was no slide-out QWERTY keypad?
(Credit: Palm)
Palm has confirmed that games will be among the applications available for the Palm Pre, although exactly what type of games will run on the handset remains unclear.
In an interview with Engadget, Palm said games will be part of the Pre experience, along with various other applications that will be offered through a Palm-style version of Apple's App Store. Mobile gaming is extremely popular on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and is a big part of Apple's pitch for those devices.
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Phone with Windows Mobile beta reported stolen
Jennifer Guevin | Feb 20, 2009
A phone running the beta of Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5 has gone missing from a Telstra executive, a spokesperson for the Australian telecommunications company confirmed to sister site ZDNET Australia.
Early reports claimed the phone had been given to Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo, but Telstra says that is not true. Several online reports suggest the phone was pickpocketed, but Telstra would not confirm details of how the phone was lost. What we do know is that the phone had been loaned by Microsoft to a Telstra executive during the Mobile World Congress, a huge mobile technology conference in Barcelona, Spain. A report in The Courier Mail suggests that the phone was either an HTC Touch Pro2 or the HTC Touch Diamond2, running the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.
Microsoft unveiled the newest version of its mobile operating system on Monday. Microsoft showed off the OS running on an HTC Touch Diamond2 on Tuesday.
Via CNET News
Android phone may remain a dream for some
John Chan | Feb 20, 2009
Today, local telco SingTel officially announced the availability of the HTC Dream in Singapore, making it the first country in Asia to offer this Google Android-powered handset. The operator also unveiled new price plans for the Dream, which include bundled data. Depending on the value of the monthly subscription, customers will pay between S$238 (US$170.41) and S$438 (US$313.62) for the Dream.
For its launch promotion, SingTel will be giving users unlimited data for the first months. If you sign up over this coming weekend, the unlimited data offer will be extended to six months. A few Android applications were also announced at the same time, providing Singapore-specific information and services to users. Details of the price plans are listed in the table below.
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