Does Android Market has a localized market for NZ? Are all the apps there in NZ dollars? How are the prices when compared to iTunes app store? I haven't used a Android devixe yet. So I wanna make sure
As far as I can tell the currency is based on what the vendor determines - as such, some are in Pounds, Euro, or US$. I've only bought one game so far - which has been great. I just haven't had the time to try out many others and play them as I'm too busy writing Android applications and other work.
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I can recommend the Nexus One. I had a G1 before which was solid. I guess believe it will last a little longer than other brands as its updates should be available earlier than other devices. The G1 is still good to test apps for 1.6 and on a "slow" device.
harrylin: Does Android Market has a localized market for NZ? Are all the apps there in NZ dollars? How are the prices when compared to iTunes app store? I haven't used a Android devixe yet. So I wanna make sure
Google does do some regionalisation of the Android Market, but it isn't country-specific as much as region (US vs Europe, vs AsiaPac) and also Android version and phone type. For example, people with Android v2.2 can see Adobe Flash v10.1 in the Market while other people in the same location can't.
The currencies supported to date appear to be US$, Euros, UK pounds and Japanese Yen.
If you buy an app, it will be in one of those currencies. If you look closely on the "Buy" page it will also show an estimated NZ$ amount.
As for apps, the last survey I saw said 57% of apps in the Android market were free, while on the Apple Store the figure was 18%.
Most paid apps in the market are very cheap: US$0.99 or US$1.99. Very few are over US$6.99.
I've bought literally hundreds of apps over the past year. I would be close to NZ$1,000 for all the apps I have bought on two different phones. That may sound like a lot, but at a few dollars / month for new apps I didn't even notice. I bought "Wifi Tracker", which 'war drives' wifi access points and GPS locates them.....and can produce Google Earth KML files for export to your PC so you can click on each one and see all its attributes right there on your PC screen. I also bought Picsay Pro image editor....a kind of Photoshop for your phone. Lots of effects, transformations and other features. You can take a photo, "share" it direclty to Picsay Pro...and then export / share the edited image to....where ever....twitter, facebook, email....basically whatever app can take an image. Android's ability to hand content from app to app to app, each making it's own changes...is so powerful....and generally the apps are well worth paying for. I bought AndCam3D for taking 3D photos. I bought Photostich for taking panoramic photos....I bought Camera ZOOM FX for taking photos with a myriad of special effects and props.
...and so on. I've found most of the apps I;ve bought were worth 5 times the price being asked for them...and the rest.
In practice, you'll probably only ever have about 80 apps on your phone....and 80% of those will be free. The rest will be money well spent.
At closing on 100,000 apps, the Android Market has a lot to offer. Free or so cheap it's almost free.
The apps always have lots of comments on them. Read them. Especially the most recent ones.
If you buy an app and it doesn't work or you think it sucks, you just go back to the market within 24 hours and click "refund"....and it uninstalls the app and gives you your money back right away.
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If you buy an app and it doesn't work or you think it sucks, you just go back to the market within 24 hours and click "refund"....and it uninstalls the app and gives you your money back right away.
great feature. does the iphone app store have something similar?
@nonprayingmantis I don't think Apple's app store supports 24 hour refunds unfortunately.
Also about the NZ currencies in the android market ... I haven't yet bought any apps from the market (trying to hold off as long as I can) but I know that some if the third party websites that let you browse market apps often have a feature to convert prices to the home currency. Appbrain is one example:
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