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Android Market Web Store finally released, better pricing controls and in-app purchases coming to Market
It's very similar to AppBrain, but you can purchase apps directly from the Web -- and push apps directly to your phone.
Additional features of the Web Store:
- Lots of developer control to make app pages look attractive
- The page is laid out intelligently, with links to other apps by the developer, screenshots of the app -- in essence, it's just like any other App Store
- Sharing tools are built-in -- easy to send apps to friends, via Twitter, email
- If you open a Web Store link on your phone, it opens the Market -- genius!
- You can sort apps in a variety of ways -- compatibility (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc.), popularity, and so on
- You can see all of your installed/purchased apps -- just like AppBrain
There are some screenshots of in-app purchases, and Tap Tap Revenge for Android, after the break.
Comments
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Subscribe to comments@davey_ladFeb 2nd 2011 1:52PM
sign in fails for me... invalid request
R_JMeltingFeb 2nd 2011 2:24PM
I have the same sign in issue as above. Invalid request. Bummer.
chesamaFeb 2nd 2011 2:37PM
same here. looks like google blows it again.
Danny RFeb 2nd 2011 3:24PM
Referring to the comments made prior, please see: http://twitter.com/AndroidDev/statuses/32880741960384512
Text of tweet reads: "Problem with Market sign-ins (affecting some, not all) is known; team is on it."
No reason to say Google blows it again. Look how quickly these guys responded to things not working out. And publicly stating it so, you know, the people who matter, the consumer, know about it, unlike most companies that don't reply right away, don't issue statements for more time than it takes to even solve the problem half the time, lag on solving the problem, etc.
Google definitely cares about its customer and does as much as it can, as much as any company can, to alleviate all stresses, deal with problems promptly and efficiently, and keep the consumer base (or fan base, if you will) satisfied. Those who are insatiable, though, will always remain insatiable due to their perception, intolerance, and likes.
This does not, in any way, show Google "blowing it." Errors occur. All the time. With every single company, every single human on this planet. They've started working on the issue immediately and let everyone know that they know what's going on and are working on a fix. That's fantastic customer service, if one is going by a logical definition of customer service.
I had the invalid error as well and am able to log on now. No problems. Signing in, OTA installations. All works great.
This browser-based app store was definitely something Google needed to do. It's simply sometimes just too tiring to go through thousands of apps purely on one's phone. Good step in the right direction, and it'll only get better from here.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 2nd 2011 4:06PM
@Danny R Easy on with the textwalling, man! Thanks for the update, though, and the input :)