T-Mobile G1: Where My Apps At?
If there was one thing people were foaming at the mouth at regarding the T-Mobile G1, it was the ability for the Android Marketplace to provide a plethora of interesting and exciting applications to tailor the user experience and blah blah…
Well, we’re getting an idea of what will actually be in the Marketplace come launch day (30th October in the UK), and it makes for some slim pickings. Most noticeable in their absence? The big name companies making money off pledging their support to Android and the G1.
AlleyInsider notes the dearth of decent games, recognisable web radio players like Pandora or Last.fm, and FACEBOOK! Anyone who has been within looking distance of a computer in the last couple of years knows the value of social networking software, and Facebook has been downloaded like crazy off the App Store.
The G1 does have a selection of applications ready for launch, including a scaled down version of MySpace on offer. Unfortunately if you aren’t 12, a wannabe popstar, or the product of a massive record label’s effort to ‘connect’ with fans, you don’t have a MySpace account.
When vendors are allowed to actually…vend on the Marketplace (free apps only at the mo!), then Android and the G1 will explode. Until then, it isn’t worth the time nor the effort for developers or manufacturers to create exciting and fun things that take advantage of it. We really don’t want to see the Marketplace become a desolate wasteland of garbage ad-sponsored games, weather apps and scientific calculators.
The G1 looks like a phone that could thrive off the back of some innovation, and nothing stimulates innovation like cold, hard cash. Google knows that better than anyone.
Tags: app store, marketplace, t-mobile g1
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