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WifiScan - Developer Says always free then charges for app

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Screenshot took with G1 screenshot app, sorry its sideways ;\
This is extremely upsetting, I have attached WifiScan that was said to be free forever
He is charging 2.99 in the market, it may be worth it but I wont support a developer that doesnt keep there word

That's life. $ always wins.
Dunno how old you are, but you remember a certain President saying "No new (or raising existing) taxes". What happened later?. Yeah, raised taxes! yay Just because someone says something doesn't mean they will keep their word.

@OP:
If you have the App already downloaded [i.e. have the .apk file on the phone] you have nothing to worry about.
Which makes me wonder... If you can send someone an .apk file (for instance, an application that is now "paid"), you could give it to them for free, no?
That'd be pretty interesting, considering many of the apps I have are now paid or removed and transfered to paid only.

free -> pay transition
I had all my apps backed up(via astro) on a black g1 I bought on day 1.
I wanted white but but on the first day all they had was black and a few bronze, the wifey wanted 1 in black so I got a white one then swapped my sd card to the white one and downloaded astro to the new phone (after rc33->29 downgrade->JF RC33 upgrade) and installed them all 1 by 1[OT](hey astro dev cant we get a check all on the restore like on the backup)[/OT]
I went to check out the new stuff at the market and all I could see is PRICES, all the good apps got a slight name change and a price tag, how is it protected, my wife would never use most of the geek apps I had on it(i wiped it for her) so would those apps be locked to her imei and I would have to rebuy all the aps I'd want for my white one?
just a tip, to whomever controls this "IF you screw this part up, piracy will be rampant, it has to be fair to the end user and the devs"
bhang

bhang said:
just a tip, to whomever controls this "IF you screw this part up, piracy will be rampant, it has to be fair to the end user and the devs"
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Agreed!

defconoi said:
Screenshot took with G1 screenshot app, sorry its sideways ;\
This is extremely upsetting, I have attached WifiScan that was said to be free forever
He is charging 2.99 in the market, it may be worth it but I wont support a developer that doesnt keep there word
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Just a question about your screen, sorry to go off topic but what is that icon at the top with the little android guy & the red number?

I beleive that if an app was free, but now dev is charging for it, we should be allowed to share app since it was not cracked if you have original apk. My opinion.

Beast84 said:
Just a question about your screen, sorry to go off topic but what is that icon at the top with the little android guy & the red number?
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Twidroid. Its a twitter app and is probably the best one you'll find on the market.
johnowa636 said:
I beleive that if an app was free, but now dev is charging for it, we should be allowed to share app since it was not cracked if you have original apk. My opinion.
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I think we should be allowed to share the version before it went premium considering that version was released for free and thus there's no basis for claiming losses with the DMCA regardless of a lack of proper DRM protection.
Honestly stuff like this is making me backup a lot of my apps. I have no problem paying for an app that is worth the money, but when there is little or no changes from the original free version it feels like I'm being back stabbed for my support when I see a $4.99+ price tag on some apps. Its also not helping the situation where Google banned dev phones and anyone not on the T-Mobile network from purchasing premium apps. Between Google and this, some people are just setting themselves up to be targeted by pirates.

http://strazzere.com/blog/?p=185
A little adb pull/install will allow you to get the "protected" apks and reinstall them when/where ever you want.

johnowa636 said:
I beleive that if an app was free, but now dev is charging for it, we should be allowed to share app since it was not cracked if you have original apk. My opinion.
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Sharing the free apk isn't a problem. The one posted is not the paid apk file -- so this should be fine. The problem is, the free one will most likely not be updated if he introduces new features.
As of now they are the same, other than the "will always be free" has been removed.

aad4321 said:
thats gay. hope no one buys it
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I agree. It's totally (term applicable to aad4321 and used in a negative context) that the dev did that. I've noticed quite a few apps that I have in My Downloads that have "updates" that aren't any different except for the name.

[APP] BloomDroid (Bloomberg application for Android)

Sorry guys, Bloomberg asked me to discontinue the development of this app. So I'm removing the download link and will not continue to work on this
Hi everyone,
I have begun to work on a financial application for Android. It is called BloomDroid. As the name suggests, this application retreives data from Bloomberg data system (ie the website:mobile.bloomberg.com).
The version I post here is a very early beta and I'm planning to add many more features (of course limited with what bloomberg offers on its website)
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The app is not available in the Android Market for now. I want it to mature a little before then.
You can download the app from: (app removed by request from bberg)
It requires full internet access permission for internet access and sd card write access to store charts.
It downloads 7-8 kb per query, so be careful if you do not have an unlimited plan.
Features:
- Retreive company name, description, price and change(%) for given quote. You must provide company ticker in XXXX:YY form, XXXX is the ticker for company, YY is the country code. such as GOOG:US, 4338:HK, GGQ1:GR, AAPL:US, 2788:JP
- Lookup for company ticker
Planned:
- A list of equities (like in stock Stocks program)
- News from Bloomberg
- Markets and currencies.
- Maybe a widget.

Changelog:
19/12/2009 - v.0.0.2
- Now you have a stock list!!
- Charts are saved on sdcard/bloomdroid
- many many bug fixes
21/10/2009 - v.0.0.1
- Bug fixes.
19/10/2009 - v.0.0.0
- Initial release.
- Can retreive any quote on Bloomberg web site.

that is a cool idea. i want a better widget for stock portfolio

cracking little app, love it!

I've released an update for this app.
Would like to hear the comments of investor members

will it work with milestone?

It's cool !
Is it possible to draw a simple and advanced technical chart i.e. simple moving average, rsi, stochastic, cci, bollinger band, macd,
It would be perfect if the above wish list become real.

please don't forget to make WVGA version, thanks.

suree_n said:
please don't forget to make WVGA version, thanks.
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^^^+1
Is this app dead or is the developer still updating it? Hope so bc I love BB's commodities, futures and currency quotes.

Hey guys, app is not dead.. Just I didn't get enough encouragement to continue working on it. But now that I see at least 3 new users , I'll resume working on it as soon as I have some free time.

Please make an update for 800*480 for my htc desire!
Bloomberg official app is the only thing i envy from iphone users..!

Sorry guys, I've stopped working on this after being approached from BloomBerg to halt development. We have to wait for their official app I guess.

did they mention when theyd think theyd release it?

Indy_Hero said:
did they mention when theyd think theyd release it?
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There is talk of Android at the Bloomberg URL, can't be long now...

bloomberg official app is out now!

Hi,
What SDK you used to develop that app ? were you using the one from Google or use 3rd party tool ?

[App] My Workout

Hey guys, as some of you may know, i've been working for a while now on my app, My Workout.
Here is the description of My Workout:
"My Workout allows you to save your workout routines to an easy to access, easy to read schedule. My workout also has a stopwatch included for rest time between sets and a 1 rep max calculator. Important tools for the gym!
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I've been a busy coder on this one.
Recently i've added the following features:
Ability to import exercises from previously entered routines
and just now The Ability to share your workout (export) via email!
Currently the app in the market is version 1.5.0.0 and works really well, it however doesn't have the last two additions.
Build 1.7.00 will include both of these. I am currently waiting for build 1.6.00 to be approved (that includes the import exercises from previous exercise) feature and unfortunately for the testers will be immediately submitting 1.7.00 for approval.
The app is free, check it out and give a review.
Here are some videos of some of the older builds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVoqy0xYmNg (that is build 1.3)
Thanks,
microhaxo

Update added to market!
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=0b90f4cd-9dd5-df11-a844-00237de2db9e
- free as always.

Beautiful!
Would have liked to see an option for using metric units as well (Kg vs LBS). I'm living in Europe where we use the (logical) SI-system.
Good work!

Thanks for the comment! I'll add the option for metric units in the next update.

updated to support KG. Also allow for a total reset of saved routines.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for this! I work out 4 days a week and this will be great to use

kennyken747 said:
Thanks for this! I work out 4 days a week and this will be great to use
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Welcome, i'm glad i could help out a fellow gym member.

Ok guys, this is getting a little frustrating..
I need people to try my app out and give me some feedback.
This is the most recent feedback:
Godless Biker:
"Feels like a placeholder for an app that actually does something"
I am not sure how to even take that...
When i read something like that this is what goes through my mind (biased of course since i wrote the app)
1. Did they even read the description????
2. Did they even attempt to use the app???
3. Do they even know how windows phone 7 ui works?
4. Im surprised they were able to rate the app seeing as though they weren't competent enough to use it. (sorry, anger..)
It's frustrating that i am unable to know why they think that way.
So i am asking you guys. Please if you workout at the gym please give the app a try and give me some feedback. Comments like Godless Biker's are completely useless and quite frankly id be surprised if he really actually used the app......
If you want to just try it out and give me feedback please do:
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=0b90f4cd-9dd5-df11-a844-00237de2db9e
Description:
My Workout is a handy app that allows you to save your workout routines to an easy to access and easy to read schedule. My workout also has a stopwatch included for rest time between sets and a 1 rep max calculator. Important tools for the gym!

thx for sharing

Thanks. It's really help me in training.

Possible Suggestion: With exporting the workouts, is it possible to save to SkyDrive? They have some new APIs, so it would be nice if the files can be saved and retrieved from Skydrive account.

Wow, im surprised this is still getting interest. Unfortunately i abandoned this project a while ago due to poor code design by me. ( learned much since then ) I no longer have the source code but if the interest is there i could possibly re-write this app with some mango features and possibly skydrive support. I wrote this app to help me with my workouts at the gym, but i have frequently found my self simply using word / excel to track my workouts.

[APP] CNN Mobile -[R]- 12/11/2010 -[U]- 1/14/2011 -[V]- 1.4.0.0

CNN Mobile
Hello everyone, I am looking for feedback on my apps I created. Here is my first app. Please comment here and if you enjoy it please leave feedback on the actual review for the marketplace. Price is .99 however I offer an fully function ad supported version as a trial. It only nags the first launch it ever does. The ads are removed after purchase. Please let me know. Also this app is under attack on the marketplace by competition you will notice the first 4 posts are all 1 and are by competition (I have verified this with microsoft however they will not remove them).
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Here is another app it is available and has the 1.4 update w/ad support and all the bug fixes.
NewsPaper 7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914052

I tried your app and posted a good comment. Can't really low star you anyways your description says exactly what the app is. BTW it looks like your competition is flaming you with their own app.

just downloaded your app. it looks pretty neat. will leave a good review!

no problem
I will put feed back

Hey,
I just checked out your app. It's nice and quick way to view the CNN mobile webpage. I do have one question, what's the real advantage of using your app compared to just pinning the CNN Mobile homepage to the startscreen?
Btw, I used this website to check on your reviews: ttp://wp7reviews.tomverhoeff.com/AppReviews.aspx?id=cfe3f2e2-db08-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
Looks like the positive reviews are coming through. I won't review you, although i like the concept of the app i agree with some of the review that paying for just a webbrowsercontrol is kind of silly. If you offered it for free it would be 5 stars.

Thank you guys, I really appreciate it. Well the advantage to using my website is not alot of people actually know the mobile site by heart, and my app shows more of the screen than the internet explorer. Also my app shows an icon that goes a little more with the overall design element of the windows phone 7. That's why I'm offering it at .99C plus if you want to just continue using the trial for free it can be the update does have an ad that will support me and there will be no nag screen except during the very first launch if people just want to use the trial. In all honesty i prefer my NewsPaper 7 app. It's got about 14 websites in it and the ability to add two of your own.

Hey,
Just checked your NewsPaper 7 app, to be honest i think that's what should be called your first app since it really ads functionality. It's a really quick way of accessing the mobile webpages.
Btw, just wondering. Are you using ads from MS Ads SDK? How are the results, do you see any good eCPM?

SgtGarcia said:
Hey,
Just checked your NewsPaper 7 app, to be honest i think that's what should be called your first app since it really ads functionality. It's a really quick way of accessing the mobile webpages.
Btw, just wondering. Are you using ads from MS Ads SDK? How are the results, do you see any good eCPM?
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Well, CNN Mobile was what I wanted when I first got it so thats what i started with. NewsPaper 7 is what ended up being kind of a mix of ideas and I did not want to flood the market w/ 1.29 or .99 apps. So I created one I could price at 2.99 then drop to 1.99..1.29...then .99 once my sales went up. The NewsPaper7 app started as an idea one morning and was done that night, the results are very pleasing and what I'm actually using on my phone. I am considering cross platforming this app into the blackberry tablet however I need to look more into that SDK prior to launch.
Yes the ads are from the MS SDK, if you do financial ads like I have the eCPM is averaging between 60-200$ per 1000. It seems the more ads you display the more it goes down. So I am still trying to tweak the right combination.
My CNN App is suppose to have the bug fixes and the back hardware button work correctly, the update is accepted its just Microsoft has declined every version # in between. And since the two apps were developed side by side the version number once it hits the marketplace jumps from 1.0 to 1.4.

NewsPaper 7? I can't find it using the Zune software on my PC... Is that the actual name?

zune looks to not be finding it under that tag for some reason try news paper 7, or just follow this direct link http://bit.ly/dR5L7B I have also now added direct links to zune on both apps.

I left a good review for you since I quite like it. I'm from Canada, and I'm the first to leave a rating, so hopefully this helps out.

Thank you. I honestly hate how the market is segregated by nationality. It should be segregated by language instead. If you haven't purchased it you should try NewsPaper 7. It does more websites than the CNN Mobile. The trial version will run for ever on the NewsPaper 7.

[HTC Locations] update ! Now with maps all the world and navigation offline !!!!

Yes, from today users HTC devices can update (or download from Market Place - HTC Apps section) HTC Locations. This application now has a map of the world and navigate offline. Work great !!!!!!!
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HTC has updated its exclusive app Locations which brings Offline navigation of HTC Windows Phone devices. Locations app which was hardly noticed by us so far has now become a must have app for HTC Windows Phone devices. Similar to Nokia Drive app, Locations app allows you to download the whole maps for offline viewing for various countries around the world. Just in time for HTC Titan II launch in USA, HTC has tried to equal the mapping experience on HTC devices on par with the Nokia Maps/Drive on Lumia 900.
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http://wmpoweruser.com/htc-location...line-navigation-to-htc-windows-phone-devices/

Yeah just re-installed and downloading 'United Kingdom' map (about 400mb)

I'm curious to see how it compares to NDrive. I read on wmpu that the maps expires after 1 month but I don't have time to test.
Also, I want to see how good it is compare to NDrive i.e. does it have options to set hwy as preferred or options to avoid tolls, etc.
If anyone can test this out it'll be great.

Awesome! Looking forward to testing this out

xirsteon said:
I'm curious to see how it compares to NDrive. I read on wmpu that the maps expires after 1 month but I don't have time to test.
Also, I want to see how good it is compare to NDrive i.e. does it have options to set hwy as preferred or options to avoid tolls, etc.
If anyone can test this out it'll be great.
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Not tested yet, but under the options it does have tick boxes 'Avoid Motorways / Toll Roads / Ferries'

It looks like the navigation part is controlled by Route66, you can see it quickly pop up saying this.
Lets just hope its not just a trial.

JusThinK said:
Just downloaded it on my Lumia 800 from HTC Zone, and found that, you have to pay for Navigation.
30 days / 1 Year / Unlimited
So, I am not interested
NOTE: I think initial 30 days will be free, coz I can use navigation option, and also voice guidance, So, I will keep it for 30 days..
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Under the 'more' options there is a worldwide map that has a 30day trial, but cannot see any other trial or prices against the list of all the other maps.
hopefully majority of it is free and you only need to pay for extras
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According to http://www.htc.com/help/uk/howto_iframe.aspx?id=22197&type=1&p_id=389
Maps are free but navigation and voice is paid for

Great. Good job.

So HTC Locations is supposed to be a navigation app or is that secondary? Based on the description it seemed like just a way to see a map of a particular region.
Isn't the navigation free for Nokia Drive users? Shouldn't navigation be free for HTC users of HTC Location? Come on.

first 30 days are free, after that it needs a fee
press on 'get more' in the bottom of the navigation tab to find out what i am talking about

xap file perhaps?

Here's the XAP. I've got it running on my Samsung Focus. Pretty nice app.
HTC Locations 2.1

I am really disappointed in the cost for navigation feature. It is a great upgrade, but HTC still falls behind Nokia with Nokia Drive due to the costs.

i'm not really sure if it is paid or not, because I wonloaded maps of Poland and polish voicestarts using. In section get more still have only worldwide and description " start using before....", so maybe it is something different, because I just starded using polish maps yesterday.
edit: sorry, Today it changed to "Expiry date: .....". So it will be paid

I think so, if that app will not be free and she will cost 29,99 euro (~ 125 Polish Zloty) for full version - this price isn't expensive beacause we take aplications without time limit.

Budniu said:
I think so, if that app will not be free and she will cost 29,99 euro (~ 125 Polish Zloty) for full version - this price isn't expensive beacause we take aplications without time limit.
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and what if we reinstall the apps after 30 days?

When you bought app one time, you have it all the time (like other apps) and you can reinstall that (IMHO).

This is a good beginning from HTC.
Hope it is free.
I was wondering if this app shows lanes while driving?
Thanks

deepra said:
I was wondering if this app shows lanes while driving?
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Yes, on the major intersections.

how to install it on Non HTC phone