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There are two successful alternate App Stores for iPhone, and none for Android.
by colinplamondon 16y ago
There are two successful alternate App Stores for iPhone, and none for Android.
- mcantelon 16y agoUsing alternate App Stores with your iPhone requires jailbreaking your iPhone, complicating updates, etc. Not the case with Android. If you want to use an app store like m.slideme.org, no problem.
- Tichy 16y agoWhich ones do you mean? There are several app stores for Android already. In fact I am concerned that every vendor will try to push their own App store.
- aphexairlines 16y agoWhy would you be concerned? Multiple retailers competing for customers is usually a good thing.
- Tichy 16y agoBecause the vendors try to tie the phones to their app stores. If you buy a Sony Ericcson Android phone, you will only be able to use the SE app store. And so on. So I will have to publish my app to a lot of app stores. If it can be done automatically, maybe it is acceptable. But I think it won't be like that. The vendors have different philosophies, too. For example I think Sony Ericcson wants their app store to be more like the Apple app store with harder admission criteria.