[Almost] All Official Apps By Companies - G1 Apps and Games

Amazon.com - Amazon
Google Voice - Google
imeem mobile - imeem
Whether Bug Mobile - Whether Bug
Places Directory - Google
Google Maps - Google
The Wheather Channel - The Weather Channel
T-Mobile My Account - T-Mobile USA
Myspace Mobile - Myspace
US Yellow Pages Search - Yellowbook
Google Sky Map - Google
E! Online - Comcast Entertainment Group
Sherpa - T-Mobile
Mobile Banking - Bank Of America
T-Mobile Visual Voicemail - T-Mobile USA
Accuweather.com - Accuweather
Movies By Flixter - Flixter
T-Mobile AppPack - T-Mobile USA
Last.fm - Personal Radio - Last.fm
T-Mobile Hotspot Connect - T-Mobile USA
Scoreboard - Google
Meebo IM - Meebo
T-Mobile Mobile Backup - T-Mobile USA
Google Voice - Google
USA Today - USA Today
Tunewiki - Tunewiki
Skype Lite Beta - Skype
Opera Mini - Opera
Caller ID Lite By White Pages - White Pages
Spoof App - Spoofapp.com
My Maps Editor By Google - Google
aHome - mAPPn
Freshface - mAPPn
Paypal Mobile - Paypal
Finance - Google
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Well I Decided To Make A Thread Dedicated For Official Apps
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what exactly makes an app official?
I dont really see a point in this thread other than saying an app is not "official" unless its made by a big brand name company

great job for this list!!

Great job, never knew paypal had an app until now.

pentace said:
what exactly makes an app official?
I dont really see a point in this thread other than saying an app is not "official" unless its made by a big brand name company
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Really? That's a pretty obvious answer.. an app is official if it's not made by a 3rd party. So, GV is not the official Google Voice app - the one made by Google Voice would be the official app.
Did I really just have to explain that?

nolageek said:
Really? That's a pretty obvious answer.. an app is official if it's not made by a 3rd party. So, GV is not the official Google Voice app - the one made by Google Voice would be the official app.
Did I really just have to explain that?
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Not all "official" apps are made by the company in question. For example, Sherpa was not actually written by T-Mobile. I guess you could make a case that Sherpa isn't an official app to begin with, just an app that is heavily endorsed and marketed by T-Mo. Another example is the Last.fm app, which isn't 100% written in-house.
If we accept the definition of an official app to be a native app written and/or endorsed by a company that provides a platform for services outside the app, then indeed this list is very incomplete. In fact I was pretty surprised that this list doesn't contain Zagat nru, not because I use it, but because it's consistently been on the Market "featured" bar for the past few weeks/months.

nolageek said:
Really? That's a pretty obvious answer.. an app is official if it's not made by a 3rd party. So, GV is not the official Google Voice app - the one made by Google Voice would be the official app.
Did I really just have to explain that?
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I was more questioning who is to say what app is "official" there are a million apps out there by a million small companies this list only states big named companies. SO i was pointing out that i dont quite understand usefuless of the list.

jashsu said:
Not all "official" apps are made by the company in question. For example, Sherpa was not actually written by T-Mobile. I guess you could make a case that Sherpa isn't an official app to begin with, just an app that is heavily endorsed and marketed by T-Mo. Another example is the Last.fm app, which isn't 100% written in-house.
If we accept the definition of an official app to be a native app written and/or endorsed by a company that provides a platform for services outside the app, then indeed this list is very incomplete. In fact I was pretty surprised that this list doesn't contain Zagat nru, not because I use it, but because it's consistently been on the Market "featured" bar for the past few weeks/months.
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nru... thats a cool app.

jashsu said:
Not all "official" apps are made by the company in question. For example, Sherpa was not actually written by T-Mobile. I guess you could make a case that Sherpa isn't an official app to begin with, just an app that is heavily endorsed and marketed by T-Mo. Another example is the Last.fm app, which isn't 100% written in-house.
If we accept the definition of an official app to be a native app written and/or endorsed by a company that provides a platform for services outside the app, then indeed this list is very incomplete. In fact I was pretty surprised that this list doesn't contain Zagat nru, not because I use it, but because it's consistently been on the Market "featured" bar for the past few weeks/months.
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He said it was ALMOST complete and he asked for any he missed, don't gve him a hard time.
You're splitting hairs. You know what the OP means. Just because I write an app that lets you view an RSS feed for my crappy blog that 22 people view, doesn't mean it's an "Official App" that would be listed here. If my blog was Slashdot and I wrote my own RSS app - then maybe.
And OP - how about the Brightkite app!

i wanna say that there is a VISA application from VISA http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.visa.android.GUI and there used to be a NBA application but i cant find it anymore...nice list tho...nru is also from Zagat...

This list should be alphabatized by Company, would be easier to read.

Thanks for the list.
How about adding screenshots? no only joking.
But seriously wheres the facebook app at?

Related

Spotify

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/spotifys-android-app-should-frighten-apple/
Anyone know if this app is out yet? Its only available to UK and some other countries. But I would like to get it working over in the US. I've never used the service before but it looks damn cool.
No, it's not been released anywhere yet to my knowledge...
There was an app released to Market yesterday and removed today Called Droidify, did anybody dl it and would be willing to share it?
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/...t?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=widget_spotify
I've downloaded Droidify and removed it right away because it asked for a premium account.
Yeah I was trying to locate it as well and to no avail.
Droidify
Here's Droidify I have from backup.
You DO have to have a premium account for full access.
It's a zip files, so I think you will need to unzip it, put it on your sdcard, then install from there.
(MODS: If this is inappropriate, please feel free to delete this message. I don't think it is because it was a free application).
so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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That's why I removed it.
I just happened to have a copy because I had backed up before doing a flash.
I was able to get spotify working on my computer but I get a force close with droidify while trying to log in and I'm in the us by the way.
to clarify...
The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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here's a link that let me set up spotify on my computer in the us
http://tinyurl.com/q9khoo
thx for the link
Think I'll play with it a bit and see what all the fuss is about. If I like it enough I suppose the monthly fee would be worth it. A lot more functionality here with custom playlists, caching of playlists on my mobile and whatnot. I'm currently a Pandora subscriber, spotify is offering everything I wish they could, though their pricing is much more attractive. I wonder if spotify would balk at the use of a US credit card?
The site allows you to download the official app manually if you're having problems with the market, so here it is. Still need a premium account, though. The download was free and since you need to pay to use the service, I don't think I'm doing anything bad by posting it here...
Rather pissed off I have to have a pay account, because they wont take american credit cards

Mobile Facebook (Not the official app)

I saw this on the market, I hadn't seen it before so I don't know whether it is new or it has just been updated but there are no reviews of it and I can't read the website so I'm not sure what to think of this app really.
http://www.cyrket.com/package/oms.sns.facebook
I haven't purchased it so I don't know if it is any good. Have any of you guys seen this before?
Thanks,
Simon.
Yeah it is new as I just noticed it as well. Anyone wanna take the dive and purchase and post impressions?
hmm based on that one review doesn't seem good :/
probably just another mobile facebook wrapper.
I emailed the Dev, asked him if it's a native app using FB's APIs or a wrapper, and asked for screenshots.
We'll see what he says.
Got a reply:
From Email said:
Hi Jordan,
Mobile Facebook is a native application, not by Browser, which using Facebook APIs,
FBook is a Browser,
Our application is totle different from FBook, we can access Facebook very fast, and also enable user access wall message, phonebook, friends information,
Enable you upload photo, video to Facebook,
Show news feed,
We will find a website to show more information about Mobile Facebook.
Thanks your mails
Regards
Huadong
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He sent me a ton of screenshots of the app in use. Screenshot attachments continue in the next post.
Continued screenshots.
Conclusion: The app doesn't look as pretty as Bloo does, but it looks far more powerful and integrated. I don't know if it's worth the $3.50, though.
I like Babbler myself. The first true native Facebook app.
Is it just me, or are those screenshots totally confusing? It's not the language barrier per-se, but I can't tell what any of those pages are supposed to be showing.
The thing that has me wondering though is, I thought there was no mail API - that's why Bloo and the others don't have mail yet.
Edit: Ok, I downloaded it and took some screenies of my own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolageek2/sets/72157621869871714/
My opinion - it does a LOT. But it's kinda fugly and not fun or intuitive to use. I couldn't figure out how to view people's photos or reply to their wall posts, but I only had it for about 10 minutes and decided that I didn't like it enough to keep playing with it.
You could reply to e-mail, that was kind of cool. You couldn't do it from the message-read page though, you had to long-press on the message title on the message-list screen.
Mail is the only thing I saw that this has that Bloo doesn't (I haven't used babble). And with blue it's a LOT easier to comment on walls, photos, etc...
As you can see though, from the screenshots, it's got a LOT of options, so maybe I missed something.
Thanks for the review, nolageek.
If the interface improves, I wouldn't mind trying it. It'd be nice as well if the author could share their hacks with the Bloo and Babbler devs. Unless he's just recoding the HTML from the m.facebook.com site.
i like bloo the best so far, but i'm going to reserve judgment until the official app comes out next week.
nolageek said:
Is it just me, or are those screenshots totally confusing? It's not the language barrier per-se, but I can't tell what any of those pages are supposed to be showing.
The thing that has me wondering though is, I thought there was no mail API - that's why Bloo and the others don't have mail yet.
Edit: Ok, I downloaded it and took some screenies of my own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolageek2/sets/72157621869871714/
My opinion - it does a LOT. But it's kinda fugly and not fun or intuitive to use. I couldn't figure out how to view people's photos or reply to their wall posts, but I only had it for about 10 minutes and decided that I didn't like it enough to keep playing with it.
You could reply to e-mail, that was kind of cool. You couldn't do it from the message-read page though, you had to long-press on the message title on the message-list screen.
Mail is the only thing I saw that this has that Bloo doesn't (I haven't used babble). And with blue it's a LOT easier to comment on walls, photos, etc...
As you can see though, from the screenshots, it's got a LOT of options, so maybe I missed something.
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Apps like Babbler and Bloo *could* do mail, but if they did they wouldn't be an officially approved Facebook app, since they wouldn't be following the guidelines of using strictly the API.
Neither of them are an officially approved Facebook app. There is no officially approved Facebook app, and no official Facebook app anyway.
And Babbler originally had mail, but it redirected users to the mobile site. Kind of a botched version. They've since dropped it in favor of pure API access.
kusotare said:
i like bloo the best so far, but i'm going to reserve judgment until the official app comes out next week.
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Whats this about an official app next week now?
I don't like any of the facebook apps, I use the facebook mobile site ESPECIALLY for android.
x.Facebook.com -----Thats the best so far...don't use m.facebook.com
You can do what ever you want there...
Ultimate Chin said:
Whats this about an official app next week now?
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there is rumored to be an official facebook app releasing with the launch of the MT3G, which happens next week. I see this as being strongly possible seeing as facebook, after years of TMO hating, just decided to open up mobile alerts for TMO customers.
It's not just T-Mobile they hate, it's Google as well.
jordanjay29 said:
it's not just t-mobile they hate, it's google as well.
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double hate!!
jordanjay29 said:
Neither of them are an officially approved Facebook app. There is no officially approved Facebook app, and no official Facebook app anyway.
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wrong. there is a difference between an "official" app and an "approved" app. facebook approves apps and puts them on the web site if they follow all of their guidelines for apps. since facebook has announced they are making their own OFFICIAL app, they aren't listing android mobile apps anymore.
SportsFan26 said:
x.Facebook.com -----Thats the best so far...don't use m.facebook.com
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Not made for android. Made for all phones not iphone. But same page. Have you compared that feed to the real site? Its brutal. 1st few items are new, and then it just tosses a bunch of crap in from 24 hours ago or older. For anyone that uses facebook a few times a day, x.facebook is awful. Pretty tabs, but if feed is wrong, useless

Apparent Android Developer Scam (Actually, it seems real!)

Haha I love fakes like this. They tend to make me laugh
This email I just got for example, heres the text;
"Subject: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers
From: [email protected]
Due to your contribution to the success of Android Market, we would like to present you with a brand new Android device as part of our developer device seeding program. You are receiving this message because you're one of the top developers in Android Market with one or more of your applications having a 3.5 star or higher rating and more than 5,000 unique downloads.
In order to receive this device, you must click through to this site, read the terms and conditions of the offer and fill out the registration form to give us your current mailing address so that we can ship your device.
You will receive either a Verizon Droid by Motorola or a Nexus One. Developers with mailing addresses in the US will receive either a Droid or Nexus one, based on random distribution. Developers from Canada, EU, and the EEA states (Norway, Lichtenstein), Switzerland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore will receive a Nexus One. Developers with mailing addresses in countries not listed above will not receive a phone since these phones are not certified to be used in other countries.
We hope that you will enjoy your new device and continue to build more insanely popular apps for Android!
Thanks,
Eric Chu
Android Mobile Platform
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheater Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
NOTE: You have received this mandatory email to notify you about an important update to the status of your Android account. "
The page it links to is (link changed just in case). I like the way it's on Google Sites instead of a real Google webpage, and the registration form is just an inlay of Google Docs with some info. Not sure I can see a point in this one, since it doesn't ask for any critical information except address & phone number, but pretty funny none the less lol.
EDIT: Also, by the way, I am a developer on the market with an app that meets the criteria, so it is targeted at the right person, but I just think it seems fake lol.
EDIT 2: AndroidAndMe is reporting it, it appears to be legit.
oops, ****. I filled it in O_O
reported the site though?, not sure how much they can get with that little bit of info...
and just for the record, google has used google docs before for forms.
I used one for switching my gvoice from one account to another
<blank> said:
oops, ****. I filled it in O_O
reported the site though?, not sure how much they can get with that little bit of info...
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Thats what I was wondering too. I figure I'll wait and see if I see anything else about it, the requirements are pretty lax, so I figure quite a few people got it. I'll see what people say and if it turns out real I'm all for it lol.
Well it sounds kind of "too good to be true" and when it does it usually is.
However, check the mail headers. The sending server is one known to be used for Google mass mailings. Check for example
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdSense/thread?tid=127d121c2bc9d7a1&hl=en
It also seems like all the IP's involved checks out (ie are real Google IP's)
I got one of these mails as well and I do qualify. Sure hope it's legit.
jonasl said:
Well it sounds kind of "too good to be true" and when it does it usually is.
However, check the mail headers. The sending server is one known to be used for Google mass mailings. Check for example
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdSense/thread?tid=127d121c2bc9d7a1&hl=en
It also seems like all the IP's involved checks out (ie are real Google IP's)
I got one of these mails as well and I do qualify. Sure hope it's legit.
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Thats what I thought. What throws me off is it being on a Google Site instead of a real Google hosted page. I filled it out, since there is no personal info required really, and I hope its legit, but I don't hold high hope lol
The headers seem to be legit, and Google has used Google Sites before (the Wave Developer preview signup was through a Google Site). Unless someone hacked Google servers to send people emails just to steal peoples' addresses, order numbers (quite useless), and phone numbers.
Update: I see a lot of people think this offer is too good to be true and have concerns of a phishing scam. I’ve reached out to my contact at Google and will post a response if I get one. From what I can tell, the email appeared to be legit.
Update 2: Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations for Google, states that this is real on the official Android Developers Google Group.
Update 3: I received a second confirmation from an official Google spokesperson.
“A thriving developer community is an important part of creating a better mobile experience for users around the world. We hope that offering devices to developers will make it easier for them to create and test great applications. This is inline with other efforts to support developers, which also includes our Android Developer Labs World Tour and our upcoming participation at the Game Developers Conference.”
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http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...-devs-with-free-phone-in-new-seeding-program/
LinkinX said:
http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...-devs-with-free-phone-in-new-seeding-program/
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Hot damn! I hope I gets me mah Nexus!! Lmao
I could always use another Nexus...one for each hand
I think this is great. Gives the developers reason to keep working. Looks like google actually has taken notice. Good for all.

[Q] App Promotion in China

We have developed an app in Chinese. But faced with the fact that, firstly, China has no Google Play, and, secondly, the promotion of the apps is rather complicated. Maybe someone has experience of entering Chinese market:
1) On which Android app stores do we need to publish our app?
2) Are there any app review sites in China?
3) How to promote apps through Chinese social networks?
4) Are there any companies that offer app promotion on Chinese app market as a service?
5) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
nikitnikoks said:
5) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
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if you plan distribute mobile games, it is OK for you to find a local partner for localization and distribution.
if utilities, pls abandon
I would like to know more about this topic to, after all, China covers 50% of the world revenue now
I second that!
Found a new analytics site that Appannie has implemented into their system, seems to be asia based, worth adding, just did with mine
https://dev.mobvista.com/user/showreg/?u=TVRVMU9RPT0=
appfactory said:
I second that!
Found a new analytics site that Appannie has implemented into their system, seems to be asia based, worth adding, just did with mine
https://dev.mobvista.com/user/showreg/?u=TVRVMU9RPT0=
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You said "analytics site" but Mobvista seems to be an advertising network, right? Is this the link you intended to post? I don't get it.
iapps said:
You said "analytics site" but Mobvista seems to be an advertising network, right? Is this the link you intended to post? I don't get it.
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When adding my app on Appannie, you have The add account option, it appear there as New, i figured it was worth a try, thats all i know...
appfactory said:
When adding my app on Appannie, you have The add account option, it appear there as New, i figured it was worth a try, thats all i know...
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I see! Thanks for clarifying this.
Has anyone had successful experience with Chinese market?
appfactory said:
I would like to know more about this topic to, after all, China covers 50% of the world revenue now
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Where this stats is taken from? According to appannie the revenue picture seems to be quite different ...
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nikitnikoks said:
We have developed an app in Chinese. But faced with the fact that, firstly, China has no Google Play, and, secondly, the promotion of the apps is rather complicated. Maybe someone has experience of entering Chinese market:
1) On which Android app stores do we need to publish our app?
2) Are there any app review sites in China?
3) How to promote apps through Chinese social networks?
4) Are there any companies that offer app promotion on Chinese app market as a service?
5) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
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1. it'd be better to ask Chinese partners experienced in promoting apps in China market. For the first stage 1mobile.com might be considered
2. most probably, just language barrier persists for most of us
3. no idea yet
4. yes, we have started negotiations with a company, but it is in development stage
5. IMHO, Yes
kingloki1991 said:
i dont understand chinese then how do i register and publish on chinese app stores someone please advice me how do i proceed ?? thanx
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i guess you should contact china companies or learn chinese if it is not too late
hi
If you want to promote your apps in India than i help in it bcs we already working with some companies for promotion his apps and if any body want the same contact us
Fionaguan said:
I am from China and I am also an app developer, so I would like to introduce you the market of China and make friends with you!
Any questions, you can ask me here or send me private message. My English may be not so well but it is ok to basically communicate with you!
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I would like to know more, could you please tell me more about your skills and experience on this market? Any good references?
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appsdistributerindia said:
If you want to promote your apps in India than i help in it bcs we already working with some companies for promotion his apps and if any body want the same contact us
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I would like to know more, could you please tell me more about your skills and experience on this market? Any good references?
I am from China and I am also an app developer, so I would like to introduce you the market of China and make friends with you!
Any questions, you can ask me here or send me private message. My English may be not so well but it is ok to basically communicate with you!
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I would like to know more, is there app store where I can publish my app? I found some, but in all you need to have a phone number from China to complete the registration. Or add license of your company, but I have only spanish one.
Bring your app to China
nikitnikoks said:
We have developed an app in Chinese. But faced with the fact that, firstly, China has no Google Play, and, secondly, the promotion of the apps is rather complicated. Maybe someone has experience of entering Chinese market:
1) On which Android app stores do we need to publish our app?
2) Are there any app review sites in China?
3) How to promote apps through Chinese social networks?
4) Are there any companies that offer app promotion on Chinese app market as a service?
5) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
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Hi nikitnikoks
My name is Alex, I'm the CEO of app2china.net. We are a startup company base in Florida, USA, we provide services to bring international Android apps into Chinese app stores. Since we are building our client base and testing our website, we would like to offer you our premium plan (price at $299) only $1 for 90 days. Please go to our website app2china.net and register for free, and we will add the service package to your account.
We will help you with translation, modification if needed, distribute and promote your app in Chinese app stores. We will also provide you with analyst report every month
For the your question
1) On which Android app stores do we need to publish our app?
Our premium plan including the biggest 10 Android stores, If you want to do yourself, we suggest you choosing 360 stores
2) Are there any app review sites in China?
Our premium plan including translate the review, if you want to do by yourself, you can check each app stores, people will directly comment on each store (sometimes, the competitor will write bad comments for you)
3) How to promote apps through Chinese social networks?
Our service including promote through social networks. The biggest social networks are Weibo and Wechat, you need build your local team operate the account, find tech blogger promote your app
4) Are there any companies that offer app promotion on Chinese app market as a service?
Our company do the promotion, we will help our customers acquire users at the lowest price in the market, In China there are lot's of smartphone band, some smartphone company corporate with company like us and do the pre-install, that's the best way to get users, also we will help our customer buy the web advertising in each Android store
Also, the cheapest way, to do the promotion, is ad exchange, you using your app traffic in US change their traffic in China, this company wants to launch their app in another country
) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
Yes, there are millions of users, that means millions of possible
appsdistributerindia said:
If you want to promote your apps in India than i help in it bcs we already working with some companies for promotion his apps and if any body want the same contact us
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app2china said:
Hi nikitnikoks
My name is Alex, I'm the CEO of app2china.net. We are a startup company base in Florida, USA, we provide services to bring international Android apps into Chinese app stores. Since we are building our client base and testing our website, we would like to offer you our premium plan (price at $299) only $1 for 90 days. Please go to our website app2china.net and register for free, and we will add the service package to your account.
We will help you with translation, modification if needed, distribute and promote your app in Chinese app stores. We will also provide you with analyst report every month
For the your question
1) On which Android app stores do we need to publish our app?
Our premium plan including the biggest 10 Android stores, If you want to do yourself, we suggest you choosing 360 stores
2) Are there any app review sites in China?
Our premium plan including translate the review, if you want to do by yourself, you can check each app stores, people will directly comment on each store (sometimes, the competitor will write bad comments for you)
3) How to promote apps through Chinese social networks?
Our service including promote through social networks. The biggest social networks are Weibo and Wechat, you need build your local team operate the account, find tech blogger promote your app
4) Are there any companies that offer app promotion on Chinese app market as a service?
Our company do the promotion, we will help our customers acquire users at the lowest price in the market, In China there are lot's of smartphone band, some smartphone company corporate with company like us and do the pre-install, that's the best way to get users, also we will help our customer buy the web advertising in each Android store
Also, the cheapest way, to do the promotion, is ad exchange, you using your app traffic in US change their traffic in China, this company wants to launch their app in another country
) Does it make sense to enter Chinese market at all?
Yes, there are millions of users, that means millions of possible
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Hi, got your PM, and was really exciting to take advantage of your services, but then i discovered you dont do paid apps
appfactory said:
Hi, got your PM, and was really exciting to take advantage of your services, but then I discovered you dont do paid apps
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Hi
Right now, in-app purchase is ok for our platform, But paid app still have trouble, the biggest problem is Android users in China really not used to paid first, Only iPhone users in China bought paid app, people using Android in China usually have lower income, one of reason they bought Android is using free app, even great game like Monument in China is free, But people got other way making money in China
app2china said:
Hi
Right now, in-app purchase is ok for our platform, But paid app still have trouble, the biggest problem is Android users in China really not used to paid first, Only iPhone users in China bought paid app, people using Android in China usually have lower income, one of reason they bought Android is using free app, even great game like Monument in China is free, But people got other way making money in China
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I see, then the millions of people in China wont be a benefit after all then
appfactory said:
I see, then the millions of people in China wont be a benefit after all then
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It depends, Evernote and candy crush all very successful in China, Some google play thousands download app in China can get millions download, some Google play millions download app in China only get thousands, you never know the result without a try
P.S our service only $1 for 3 month and no addtional charge, it's really not cost you too much to have a try
app2china said:
P.S our service only $1 for 3 month and no addtional charge, it's really not cost you too much to have a try
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Well, no point in trying if u dont do paid apps
appfactory said:
Well, no point in trying if u dont do paid apps
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I want to say advertising revenue still a lot
But seems I can't convince you, but really nice talking to you

Need a Play Store account for publishing of App.

Hi Guys,
I saw a lot of threads on the forum by which users could publish their apps for free on Play Store. But unfortunately, the members that were doing this are not active since a lot of time.
I am new to Android Development, and developed an Evolve Calculator for Pokemon GO, and wanted to publish it to Google Play Store, but unfortunately I don't have a credit card, and can't buy a Play Store Developer account.
So I wanted to ask, does Google give away free Developer Accounts to students, etc. Or would someone be kind enough to help me in getting a Play Store Account, or share one with me?
I am currently hosting a signed APK of my app on Google Drive, but i am not sure whether I should share it here or not.
Thanks in Advance
haiderali176 said:
Hi Guys,
I saw a lot of threads on the forum by which users could publish their apps for free on Play Store. But unfortunately, the members that were doing this are not active since a lot of time.
I am new to Android Development, and developed an Evolve Calculator for Pokemon GO, and wanted to publish it to Google Play Store, but unfortunately I don't have a credit card, and can't buy a Play Store Developer account.
So I wanted to ask, does Google give away free Developer Accounts to students, etc. Or would someone be kind enough to help me in getting a Play Store Account, or share one with me?
I am currently hosting a signed APK of my app on Google Drive, but i am not sure whether I should share it here or not.
Thanks in Advance
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Can't really help you with the publishing (sorry!) but I'll say... don't worry too much about the APK.
The second you put anything on the Play Store, whether free or paid, it becomes available on a couple dozen mirrors and piracy websites. Where are you from? I'm sure there are prepaid credits cards that you can use without a bank account in your country, and getting your own developer account (with the ability to update your apps whenever you want) is REALLY recommended.
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Can't really help you with the publishing (sorry!) but I'll say... don't worry too much about the APK.
The second you put anything on the Play Store, whether free or paid, it becomes available on a couple dozen mirrors and piracy websites. Where are you from? I'm sure there are prepaid credits cards that you can use without a bank account in your country, and getting your own developer account (with the ability to update your apps whenever you want) is REALLY recommended.
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I bought the developer account, and hosted my app. Will make a Post on XDA as well, when I reach 10 posts. As far as pirated copies are concerned, I found none on the internet, I don't know whether thats insulting or what
haiderali176 said:
I bought the developer account, and hosted my app. Will make a Post on XDA as well, when I reach 10 posts. As far as pirated copies are concerned, I found none on the internet, I don't know whether thats insulting or what
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Well then congratulations on your first published app
They usually start popping out when you emerge in any category, like Top New X or very deep in the Trending rankings. It's all done by bots anyway, rarely the APK ends up on websites that bring some traffic (which can be useful if you integrate ads, and some of them might want to download the "real" updated version).
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Well then congratulations on your first published app
They usually start popping out when you emerge in any category, like Top New X or very deep in the Trending rankings. It's all done by bots anyway, rarely the APK ends up on websites that bring some traffic (which can be useful if you integrate ads, and some of them might want to download the "real" updated version).
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Well, I had high hopes for the app, and hopefully it will do good. As far as Ads are concerned, I will integrate them next year, I am not eligible for AdSense or Merchant Account yet
haiderali176 said:
Well, I had high hopes for the app, and hopefully it will do good. As far as Ads are concerned, I will integrate them next year, I am not eligible for AdSense or Merchant Account yet
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Well considering that your app is about Pokemon Go, your users like games which means that you can integrate pretty much any interstitial ad network and not just AdMob
Whiskee said:
Well considering that your app is about Pokemon Go, your users like games which means that you can integrate pretty much any interstitial ad network and not just AdMob
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I will see whether I will integrate them or not. Most probably not, I myself don't like ads, and I think others also hate them. As far as making money is concerned, I am not interested that much into it. I just the app to perform well
You could try free stores like: Opera, Amazon, Aptoide.
Just search for mobile marketing forums. There must be people who want!

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