Until now it was more of a hypothetical possibility, but now Google has made use of it for the first time and remotely deleted an application on users' phones. Even if users with a tendency to paranoia ...
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More than half of the Android devices run with 2.1
As reported by wired.com, 50% of the hits to the Android Market fall on Android 2.1, around 25% each on Android 1.5 and 1.6 - so either the manufacturers have launched updates for their devices ...
Continue readingAndroid Market with over 10,000 apps
According to the site AndroLib, the Android Market now contains more than 10,000 applications, two-thirds of which are free. Google itself does not release any data about the number of applications (and keeps the store ...
Continue readingAndroid Market with payment applications in Germany
From now on, applications can also be purchased in the German Android Market - until now, this was only possible in the USA. This gives developers another incentive to create applications for the G1, and ...
Continue readingGoogle takes tethering apps back into the market - with limitations
Crunchgear.com has the latest news that Google has apparently decided to include tethering apps in the Android Market again. However, this change of heart is not without its limitations. According to Crunchgear.com, the terms of use prohibit the tethering apps ...
Continue readingGoogle begins censorship of Android market
Google's Android is actually an open operating system for cell phones and other mobile devices. However, the openness ends at the Market. Various tethering applications (which, for example, turn an Android phone like the T-Mobile G1 into a wifi access point) are available from ...
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