Posts Tagged ‘market’

Spark news; update on the Android Market Seeding Program

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

As mentioned earlier, Spark is near release – at this point, it’s mostly being tested, with the odd piece of code thrown here and there. What’s coming:

  • Compare games/achievements with friends
  • View own and friend avatars
  • Send messages in the background
  • Slightly lighter theme

I’ve also received the promised Nexus One phone from the Android Market Seeding program – the one I originally mistook as a scam. The device is real, and should go a ways in helping me ensure better compatibility with Android devices – thanks Google!

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Android Market Seeding program

Friday, March 5th, 2010

A couple of days ago, I and a number of other Android developers received an email claiming to be from one of Google’s programmers. The message is posted here in its entirety, and basically thanks the developer for writing Android apps, and offers a free Nexus One or Droid phone as a “thank you” for having an app on Market that fits a specific set of criteria.

Having seen all sorts of scams in the last 15 years, and judging by the content of the message as well as the form, I was immediately skeptical. But a large number of sources (here are a few) claimed that the message is legitimate, so after several hours of consideration, I went ahead and applied for the program. I’ll post more if I actually receive the device.

Well played, Google. You just made it very difficult for me to use any other phone (not that I wasn’t sold on the platform already).

UPDATE: Today I received an official confirmation that the information was received and confirmed.

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