Hello all, I am a new user here but thought that I would share an observation
I am a developer and I released a new game tonight. The interesting thing is that when I went to release the 1.1 update the Developers Console had some new options.
Before when submitting an app I had 3 location options
- All Current and Future Locations
- United Kingdom
- United States
But tonight I now have 8 location options
- All Current and Future Locations
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- United States
These new location options are something that were promised to developers in the 12/30/08 email that announced the plans for paid apps...
I am hoping this means paid apps are coming soon
paid apps are coming, however i think the new country list is more oriented on the countries that will get the G1 released soon...
someone posted a few days back they had a "test German g1"
and a friend in cz told me tmo over there is starting to put G1 adds.
i could be wrong though but paid apps should launch really really soon
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correction
it does mean you can assign apps to those countries in the market, one step closer to paid apps
http://androidcentral.com/android-market-germany-austria-czech-republic-netherlands-poland/
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I have an unlocked G1 in Saudi Arabia. i can't see any priced applications in the market!!!
how can i view, download and buy priced applications from out side T-Mobile network?
and how can i download application on line
Please help
You can only download or see paid apps in the US
Ok This topic is to list all countries where the Legend is already available or if somebody knows any ''programmed'' launch dates in other ones.
Also Why in the Asians and ME HTC websites the Legend is not listed at all?
Would this mean it will be late or not sold there??
Europe:
Netherlands: Available
Belgium: Available
UK and rest of Europe: 22-24 March
Asia:
Do you know any dates or price??
Middle East:
Do you know any dates or price??
From experience, I've learned to not be concerned when an upcoming device is not listed on my region's HTC site.
No word about availability here in Hong Kong. But if it's anything like the release of the Diamond2 and Touch Pro2, they'll list the device on the site 2 days before it's available for sale at retail stores. This happened about a month after it's available over in Europe.
Btw, if you still feel bad that new devices aren't listed on your region's site yet, you should check out the products section of the Korean region of HTC's site. That's a sad selection there...
Poor Korea
The Hero is not listed in HTC ME website while it's available since October
So if I understand logically the Legend will not be available in Asian countries before ending April knowing it will be in Europe ending March
If only the Lebanese customs don't take 20% TAX on DHL and UPS I would have buy it from Belgium online
Legend is Available in Czech Republic.
The Legend is available in France now via expansys.fr
Norway today
I'm not sure how, but expansys.ie is saying that Legend is in stock:
http://www.expansys.ie/d.aspx?i=195942
I've checked in the morning and they had 100, now they have 39.
This is very strange, as Legend is available in UK on 29th of March
Guys,
I came across a news from androidcentral.com; sorry dont know how to post a link, that google is currently testing paid apps in india and few of the users are able to see them.
Is it true, anyone from india can shed some light on this. The only thing that i didnt like about my nexus one is that im unable to get the nice apps. Now, this will make life better in india.
Thank you
Hi,
I dont know about androidcentral.com. But if you want to use paid apps from the market, try "Market Enabler". And yeah, you need to be rooted for it to work.
~Sankar
Market enabler has been around since the beginning of paid applications. A few seconds worth of google search would have revealed it. Paid applications are available EVERYWHERE.
Market Enabler has not been updated in a while... Try Market Access instead... it's a rewrite of Market Enabler and works great with Froyo... http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
Yeah i do have market access, but the problem is when the google checkout screen comes after buy, my indian card is greyed out and there is an option to select another card but unfortunately there is no way to select India as the country.
So in my case, having only an indian credit card is impossible to buy apps.
Any workaroung guys other than getting myself a US applicable credit card
i bought 2 apps off the market using malaysian credit card with no problem.
faizalmzain said:
i bought 2 apps off the market using malaysian credit card with no problem.
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you must have selected Malaysia as country, Right?
i cant get the same with my card. May be, someone if has used an indian credit card can shed some light
It's now officially available in india.
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It's now officially available in india.
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Yeah saw that news, Still the buy button is greyed out. I think in a week time, I will be able to buy Apps.
It will be huge disappointment if SwifyKey goes to 3.99 again!
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Yeah saw that news, Still the buy button is greyed out. I think in a week time, I will be able to buy Apps.
It will be huge disappointment if SwifyKey goes to 3.99 again!
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actually I don't see paid apps in market. I am located in india.
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actually I don't see paid apps in market. I am located in india.
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i use market access to see the paid apps but you need to have a valid credit card associated with the country listed under google to buy them. Thats why my card is invalid
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i use market access to see the paid apps but you need to have a valid credit card associated with the country listed under google to buy them. Thats why my card is invalid
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Yeah... But I was talking about google's announcement of market availability in 20 other countries including india.. They have announced it yesterday.. But I still can't see apps in market.
I received this email from the Android market. According to this it's over the next two weeks, so I would not worry quite yet.
"Hello,
We're writing to inform you about some changes to Android Market that require your attention.
Effective today, developers from 20 additional countries (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan) can now sell paid apps on Android Market. Over the next 2 weeks, users from 18 new countries (Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan) will be able to purchase paid apps from Android Market.
Please see the related post at Android Developer Blog here:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
We encourage you to visit the Android Market developer console at http://market.android.com/publish to make the necessary adjustments.
Thanks, and we look forward to continue working with you on Android Market.
Sincerely,
The Android Market Team
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Email preferences: You are receiving this email to notify you of important changes to your Android Market account."
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Yeah i do have market access, but the problem is when the google checkout screen comes after buy, my indian card is greyed out and there is an option to select another card but unfortunately there is no way to select India as the country.
So in my case, having only an indian credit card is impossible to buy apps.
Any workaroung guys other than getting myself a US applicable credit card
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There is a workaround for this problem
1. Go to checkout.google.com on your PC & enter your primary Gmail account details.Make sure this account is also your primary account on your Android phone.
2. You can now register your credit card and also enter an Indian shipping address.
3. Now go to the list of providers in MarketAccess and select any provider.I chose the very 1st option T-Mobile US.
4. Once the SIM has been emulated, go to market. You should now be able to see paid apps.
5. Select any paid app which you want to buy and you will automatically be directed to the Google checkout option where your card will be listed.Select the card and proceed to buy the application.
6. Almost instantly you will receive an email from Google confirming your order details and the application will start downloading from market.
I have purchased about 8 apps from the market using this method right here from India. I am really happy that I am able to support the wonderful Android community by buying the apps. Hope you enjoy your paid apps
Hello everyone,
I was having this question and HTC support answers to this in a very cryptic manner so I don't get a real picture. I assume that people here, especially those who live outside UK could help.
You see, when you login to https://www.htcsense.com/ for the first time, you are required to select your country. As you see, for Europe, only the following countries are listed:
•Danmark
•Deutschland
•España
•France
•Italia
•Magyarország
•Nederland
•Polska
•Sverige
•United Kingdom
•Česká republika
•Россия и СНГ
Now, I live in Cyprus and as you see, not even Greece is listed.
I don't really know what all the services there are about but from past experienses, like the Apple store, I understand that many online features could be related to the country, so if my country is not listed there, that feature will be unavailable.
HTC support, informed me that I should buy from local store instead of abroad and now my question is the following:
If I buy locally, it will be about 600 Euros but if I buy from UK shop or eBay, it will be about 100 less. So, if I do buy from UK, will I lose any online functionality from htcsense? in other words, is the phone IMEI or SN locked to a country and can only register there?