|
||||||||
Android Market hits 100,000 apps |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#1 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: London
Posts: 21,494
|
Android Market hits 100,000 apps
Funny, a lot of people say they like Android phones, but they don't have the apps the IPhone has. How many apps do people need?
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/andr...apps-50001313/ I did think it could be organised better, you get a search control and three categories, free, pay and new or something like that. Wouldn't it be better to have more categories. How about one called main which contains ebay, bbc, you tube etc, one for newspaper apps, supermarket apps, games. How about users award them stars for quality and you can say show games apps three stars plus etc. |
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#2 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,185
|
Quote:
I did think it could be organised better, you get a search control and three categories, free, pay and new or something like that.
Wouldn't it be better to have more categories. How about one called main which contains ebay, bbc, you tube etc, one for newspaper apps, supermarket apps, games. Quote:
How about users award them stars for quality and you can say show games apps three stars plus etc.
Have you even used the Android market? All apps gets awarded stars for quality already. Then the "Top Free" and the "Top Paid" inside each of the categories listed above, pull out the highest rated apps.As for the market reaching 100,000 apps, that's marvellous until you consider that 99,500 of them are shit. Personally I'd be happy with just 500 decent apps, but each to their own. I don't know what the ratio is for the iPhone's App Store but I'd imagine a large number of the 400k apps are equally worthless. Numbers aren't a measure of anything, really. |
|
|
|
|
|
#3 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cybertron
Posts: 3,039
|
If it's quantity you're concerned about, aren't Android apps coming out more quickly than Apple now?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#4 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 3,291
|
Quote:
As for the market reaching 100,000 apps, that's marvellous until you consider that 99,500 of them are shit. Personally I'd be happy with just 500 decent apps, but each to their own. I don't know what the ratio is for the iPhone's App Store but I'd imagine a large number of the 400k apps are equally worthless. Numbers aren't a measure of anything, really.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#5 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Posts: 7,255
|
Wonder how many of that 100k are keyboard skins etc
|
|
|
|
|
#6 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 3,291
|
Quote:
Wonder how many of that 100k are keyboard skins etc
|
|
|
|
|
|
#7 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: the wild world web
Posts: 28,132
|
Quote:
As for the market reaching 100,000 apps, that's marvellous until you consider that 99,500 of them are shit. Personally I'd be happy with just 500 decent apps, but each to their own. I don't know what the ratio is for the iPhone's App Store but I'd imagine a large number of the 400k apps are equally worthless. Numbers aren't a measure of anything, really.
some brilliant with most total junk. |
|
|
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2,985
|
But still not grindr
|
|
|
|
|
#9 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 25,199
|
Quote:
Yep,
some brilliant with most total junk. I always wondered how it is possible to get one's app in the spotlight, if there are hundreds of thousands of them out there. So far I only installed Kindle app and UI language pack for my Android phone. Also I had a look at development tools for Android as I thought I'd try to make some app myself, just for fun, it's java and the environment looks OK, but I can't think of anything I'd need.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#10 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: London
Posts: 832
|
Something I have always wondered is how does the android market manage all the different phones, and how do the diffrent apps work with phones all with different screen sizes and different button layouts.
I now have an iPhone and of course all apps are for the iPhone which has the same screen size and button layout since the first iPhone, I did have a window phone and lots of the apps did not work on MY phone, despite being a windows phone. |
|
|
|
|
#11 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,185
|
Quote:
Something I have always wondered is how does the android market manage all the different phones, and how do the diffrent apps work with phones all with different screen sizes and different button layouts.
As for different screen sizes, how do Windows programs or Mac applications deal with different screen sizes? They expand, shrink or remanipulate to fit. Different button layouts are inconsequential because every Android phone, at a minimum, must have a Home, Menu, Back and Search button, so the developers can rely on these for sure. |
|
|
|
|
|
#12 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 25,199
|
Quote:
Something I have always wondered is how does the android market manage all the different phones, and how do the diffrent apps work with phones all with different screen sizes and different button layouts.
I now have an iPhone and of course all apps are for the iPhone which has the same screen size and button layout since the first iPhone, I did have a window phone and lots of the apps did not work on MY phone, despite being a windows phone. |
|
|
|
|
|
#13 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 904
|
Two things the Android market needs: the ability to sort search results (by name, ranking etc); and an automatic spam filter which removes URLs. Other than that it's pretty good.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#14 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: the wild world web
Posts: 28,132
|
Quote:
So you don't like anti-mosquito apps then
![]() How come there is no DOSBOX for Android yet? |
|
|
|
|
|
#15 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,364
|
Monkey Island 1 and 2 would be nice. Doubt it's going to happen though.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#16 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,185
|
Quote:
Monkey Island 1 and 2 would be nice. Doubt it's going to happen though.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#17 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,364
|
Quote:
ScummVM is available for Android, so it is likely that even if MI 1 and 2 don't currently work with it, they will in the future.
![]() Is there a way to get some of the old Lucasarts games currently then, or is it currently a pointless app? |
|
|
|
|
|
#18 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 11,539
|
Quote:
Its also all the apps that just don't need to be there when they simply should be part of their web site.
How come there is no DOSBOX for Android yet? http://androiddosbox.appspot.com/ |
|
|
|
|
|
#19 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: the wild world web
Posts: 28,132
|
Good to know they have got to alpha now.
"Currently, aDOSBox needs physical keyboard on the phone. We will add virtual/onscreen keyboard in the future." |
|
|
|
|
|
#20 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,185
|
Quote:
Is there a way to get some of the old Lucasarts games currently then, or is it currently a pointless app?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#21 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,364
|
Quote:
Like the computer version of ScummVM, it just utilises the data files, so if you already have purchased Monkey Island 1 or 2 it should just be a case of transferring the data files onto an SD Card. That's the extent of my understanding, having not looked at the Android version much but certainly having used the PC version.
In actual fact, I am not sure if there is a compatibility issue, but when I search for ScummVM on the market it doesn't show. Only the various plugins are available. I have a Galaxy S so would have thought it would be okay. |
|
|
|
![]() |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 13:03.



I always wondered how it is possible to get one's app in the spotlight, if there are hundreds of thousands of them out there. So far I only installed Kindle app and UI language pack for my Android phone. Also I had a look at development tools for Android as I thought I'd try to make some app myself, just for fun, it's java and the environment looks OK, but I can't think of anything I'd need.