As I read it you'll be able to sell anything from any site you like, it's only things available via mPower that have to be bought via the T-Mobile store.
Al. Shane Isbell wrote: > T-Mobile has already published some restrictions on their dev portal, > no pornographic applications. > > Another one that affects slideme: "Storefront: An application using a > link to provide an opportunity to buy or to purchase content being > published on T-Mobile's delivery platform (currently mPower) must > point to a T-Mobile approved storefront.": > http://developer.t-mobile.com/site/global/device_search/p_device_testing.jsp. > <http://developer.t-mobile.com/site/global/device_search/p_device_testing.jsp> > > > So we couldn't provisioning the SAM client in the T-Mobile portal. It > also means if you want to sell ring-tones, mp3's etc, you are out of > luck, you can't get it into the T-Mobile portal. Pretty much the whole > e-commerce for mobile content angle is locked out. And yes, I know > that T-Mobile has a bunch of business reasons for doing so. I don't > care to hear them. > > Shane > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, george_c <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Any such restrictions expected from Google? Can anyone from Google > comment what developers should expect in terms of what will not be > allowed or restricted? > > George > > --- > > If you are thinking of writing applications for the iPhone, you > might want to read this story first. The /New York Times/ has a > report on an Alex Sokirynsky, who spent two months working nights > and weekends to write an application that was eventually rejected > for its web store. The reason: The "Podcaster" application that he > wrote, which allows users to listen to and watch Podcasts on their > iPhones, "duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of > iTunes." This is strange on two fronts: first, this software has > other features, one of which other than allows users to stream > podcasts so they can also download them first for listening > later. Second, there already are all sorts of applications that > duplicate various aspects of its own software. > > For more about this article: > - check out the /New York Times/ blog > <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/apples-capricious-app-policy/> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
