Another thing I'm really enjoying about Android v1.6 / Donut is the upgraded Android Market. It's a huge improvement in every way.
The appearance has improved enormously by making it brighter with white background, black text and green highlights. Some of the best ideas of the iPhone apps market have been adopted here and to good effect. Displaying the most popular paid apps and free apps in separate lists is a good move. A third list of all the latest stuff is another. That list reveals a huge number of new apps is coming to the Android Market every day.
On October 15th New Zealand also gained access to the paid apps. All you need is a Google Checkout account connected to a credit or debit card account and you can buy whatever you like. I use my Kiwibank debit VISA.
Apps for sale show are presented in a variety of currencies. Apps from the UK are in "£" pounds. Japanese apps are in "¥" Yen....and so on, For each app, it will display an approximate NZ$ amount..I've bought 50 apps in the 11 days since the 15th. Fortunately, most apps are about US$1 each. The most expensive app I bought was "RepliGo Reader" for US$7.95. It handles PDF files better than anything else I've seen on Android.
The other big improvement is the ability for vendors to display screenshots of their apps. You have a much better idea of what you're actually buying.
If you do download an app and find it isn't what you wanted, it looked like you can get a no-questions-asked refund within 24 hours just by going to the market and clicking "Refund" on the app. I haven't used it, but I'm guessing it uninstalls the app at the same time.
Discovered "Doodledroid" this evening. Lets you import images and then draw on them and edit them. Bought it.
If you do download an app and find it isn't what you wanted, it looked like you can get a no-questions-asked refund within 24 hours just by going to the market and clicking "Refund" on the app. I haven't used it, but I'm guessing it uninstalls the app at the same time.Discovered "Doodledroid" this evening. Lets you import images and then draw on them and edit them. Bought it.
Touch, touch, touch.....download.....installed. I'm loving this.
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