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I had three Windows Mobile devices and 5 J2ME devices and not a single one had app store. Why - there wasn't any mobile internet connectivity back then, the Jav
by emteycz 6y ago
I had three Windows Mobile devices and 5 J2ME devices and not a single one had app store. Why - there wasn't any mobile internet connectivity back then, the Java devices didn't even have wifi. Apps were loaded over USB, downloaded as JAR files. Apps were normally bought on eshops od vendors.
- pjmlp 6y ago> Apps were normally bought on eshops od vendors. So there were app stores.
- emteycz 6y agoSorry but that experience is absolutely incomparable. It was more like buying software on CD except you got a file. That's not what App Store is.
- pjmlp 6y agoOpinions don't change historical facts.
- emteycz 6y agoThat's not opinion, this has nothing to do with App Store, you can tell by the first look. App Store never was about the UI for downloading apps itself, that's just the front face of the App Store service that moderates and verifies content, sets standards and quality requirements. Not even Android Market/Google Play is close to App Store, though closer than random web shops shipping JARs.