Apple: "we charge you to make apps." Google: "We'll pay YOU to develop apps."

[SmartAlx]

Google has set aside 10 million dollars to give to the best app developers to encourage them to create apps for their Oprn Source Android Operating Sysyem for mobile phones. It will be available on an HTC device for T-Mobile in October. If any phone can kill the iPhone, this one might. It has a full keyboard, 3G, GPS, and looks like it even had copy/paste. T-Mibile announced it today.

Any of you planning on developing for Android?

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by SmartAlx

Google has set aside 10 million dollars to give to the best app developers to encourage them to create apps for their Oprn Source Android Operating Sysyem for mobile phones. It will be available on an HTC device for T-Mobile in October. If any phone can kill the iPhone, this one might. It has a full keyboard, 3G, GPS, and looks like it even had copy/paste. T-Mibile announced it today.

Any of you planning on developing for Android?

I would if I had an android phone, but that's not likely any time soon.

[chrismmm]

Not here. But then again I dont plan on developing for apple either. IMHO:Those SDKs and appl development scene is way overrated.

[macgirl]

This is good, but remember Apple did the same thing, though their iFund is 10 times the size of the Google pot at $100 million. Apple does make developers pay $99 to get the SDK to begin with, though...

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by macgirl

This is good, but remember Apple did the same thing, though their iFund is 10 times the size of the Google pot at $100 million. Apple does make developers pay $99 to get the SDK to begin with, though...

Why does everyone keep saying that it's 99 for the SDK? I got it for free. I do remember that there was a Prefered Developer or something, and they paid 99, but to everyone else it was free. You just had to sign up as a developer. AND I AM ON WINDOWS (yeah, lot of use I got of the SDK that requires a Mac to run at all. I can understand that, since they make Macs, but it would have been a bit helpful to mention it BEFORE going through all the motions of signing up and registering as a developer and downloading a file that is 1GB + in size)

[Lincoln]

I'm signed up as a developer and have the SDK; paid nothing for it. It's getting into the actual developer program you have to pay $99 for. And as mentioned above, don't forget the iFund.

[acosmichippo]

the thing that sucks about developing for the iphone is that Apple prohiits you from talking about it. There are no "how-to" books. No Developing forums. No blogs. Nothing ANYWHERE will help you if you have a question.

Something tells me android will be much different...

[eye-Fone]

Originally Posted by SmartAlx

Apple: "we charge you to make apps." Google: "We'll pay YOU to develop apps."

Apple: People are dying to get their phones. Google: Has not sold a single phone, so they want instant market share.



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[monkeysrock0622]

Originally Posted by eye-Fone

Apple: People are dying to get their phones. Google: Has not sold a single phone, so they want instant market share.



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Hahahaha exactly

[fury]

Apple is selling millions and millions and millions of phones a year, Google is selling zero phones a year.

I like our strategy. I like it a lot.