T-Mobile Android app store…CLOSED!!!
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T-Mobile Android app store…CLOSED!!!
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Was speculating that T-Mobile’s Android phone will not allow third party apps ( just like iPhone ) and the developer from a former T-Mobile developer, Shane Isbell, chimed in and confirmed it:
androidguys.com/?p=1619#comment-2618
I have nothing but respect for Mr. Isbell, and his SlideMe project looks cool, but his comment confirms that T-Mobile plans to fork Android, no independently developed third party apps, no VoIP, nothing – just the same old crap ( .00 ringtones, no open web access ).
Proof positive More speculation, a week before the big press announcement, that the mobile carriers are not, repeat NOT, using Android to provide better service at all. They are just using it to save money on OS licensing fees and aren’t even going to pass that savings onto the Consumer.
I also fault Google for collusion and reject all the talk of "openness", " a revolution" and every other catch phrase that has been surrounding Android – it was all a bunch of BS to cover up the fact that T-Mobile is just up to its usual crimes against the Consumer.
"Open Source" my azz! "Do no evil"? Yeah, right. By giving T-Mobile Android, Andy Rubin just unleashed all new kinds of evil.
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Don’t you think you’re going a little too far?
The market will provide an alternative to what T-Mobile offers.
I don’t see you complaining that Best Buy doesn’t stock whatever you ask them to in their online store to be sold to the people who buy computers from them.
Of course not. What kind of shitty apps to do you write that you have to depend on T-Mobile to sell them for you?
@Chris Brunner
No sir, I am not "going too far". I ask that you take the time to look at the history of Deutsche Telecom, their past behavior and actions, especially as it pertains to abusing the Consumer.
As far as why T-Mobile should open their app store, please note the billions and billions of dollars made by ebay, Amazon, NetFlicks, etc. in the long tail of "shitty apps".
I appreciate you taking the time to comment and let’s reconvene here late in the day on Tuesday September 23, after the press announcement:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/19/t-mobiles-september-23rd-andr...
I’m sure there will be plenty to talk about, especially for a T-Mobile apologist such as yourself