Android Market to Offer 24-Hour Return Policy on Apps

Apple needs this!

So Android has a download and separate install process? Yeah, I'm gonna go with "That's exactly what Apple DOESN'T need."

It's a wonder that there have been virtually no other andriod devices announced. What a garbage platform.

including the lack of application upgrades within the market, meaning that users will have to obtain upgrades directly from developers

Cop.

Google also reveals that all billing disputes related to app purchases must be directed to the developers or payment providers, not Google.

Out.

I swear google gets more and more wimpy and more and more "the emperor has no clothes" each month that goes by.

When you only have a dozen apps in the store you would think it would be easy to handle this sort of stuff..

:rolleyes:

There is a good and a bad in this. On the good side, if you buy and app and it sucks you have no loss of money. On the bad side, anyone can download an app whenever they need a game to play when they are bored and then simply return it. Just as there is with pretty much everything else, there will be users who abuse this system. Hopefully you can only return an app once.

Also, I am still not impressed with the whole android market.

So, you can try it out, then dump it at no cost to you. Glad I don't have Google stock anymore...:eek:

So Android has a download and separate install process? Yeah, I'm gonna go with "That's exactly what Apple DOESN'T need."

It's a wonder that there have been virtually no other andriod devices announced. What a garbage platform.

Try using a G1. I go onto the Market App, find an app I like, hit download, it downloads in the background like Safari. Notifies you when it's done and you install it like a normal installer. You get to read what core processes the app uses as a security precaution and its installed. You can choose to open it or continue shopping. Its nice having background processes like this, I can go on my way and come back to it later.

Now I get a return policy, woo hoo!

The devices haven't been announced yet, like new iPhones haven't been announced yet. Here are the companies releasing Android devices THIS YEAR:

HTC (they make the G1 now, and the G2 is coming)
Lenovo
Sony Ericsson (Android + Cybershot + Walkman, I will own)
Huawei Tech
Motorola
Samsung
Archos
Dell (maybe)
Kogan Tech (postponed)

Don't go knocking things you haven't tried. I can knock windows, because I use them, I can knock Dell, because I've supported them. I cannot knock the PalmPre because I have not used one, so I do not know. Android is Linux based and a lot more robust then many people have let on.

Android is Linux based.

As is OS X, both Mac and iPhone/iPod Touch versions. It borrows heavily from FreeBSD and Apple actually "donate" code back to the BSD developers to use in the BSD OS.

However, with you all the way on the 'not bashing things you ain't tried' front. The Palm Pre looks bad ass, blatantly manufactured to "assassinate" the iPhone it seems, but looks amazing. Will definitely be trying one when they hit UK shores, probably exclusively to 02 like a certain other phone ;)

As is OS X, both Mac and iPhone/iPod Touch versions. It borrows heavily from FreeBSD and Apple actually "donate" code back to the BSD developers to use in the BSD OS.

OS X is not Linux-based. It is UNIX.

Linux is a "Unix-like" operating system.

It'd be nice for users if Apple offered a "return" (more like early delete) policy. It'd keep devs honest as well. You make a crashy, featureless piece of junk, a hundred million people might buy it, but a hundred million people have recourse too.

Items with too high a return could possibly be eliminated from the app store as well.

So Android has a download and separate install process? Yeah, I'm gonna go with "That's exactly what Apple DOESN'T need."

Sorry to walk all over your rant, but Apple ALREADY has this. Nearly every application I buy for my iPhone I purchase from iTunes on my computer, then install at my convenience. As miketcool said, it's nice to be able to keep shopping for apps while something you just bought downloads in the background. The "purchase, wait for install, purchase, wait for install..." method directly from the iPhone just doesn't do it for me. And since I don't have 3G coverage in my area, I rarely purchase any apps while I'm away from home.