Goodbye Android Market, Hello Google Play Discussion

[Ed Hardy]

Google has changed the name of its app store. What was once the Android Market for the last several years has been re-branded "Google Play". This move is apparently being made to emphasize that it offers more than just content for Android smartphones.

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[jigwashere]

To inaugurate Google Play, they're having a 7-day app/game/book/music sale.

[Hook]

Wow,what an awful name. I guess Google doesn't work.

[tbessie]

Wow,what an awful name. I guess Google doesn't work.

I like some of the comments people have left about it in the app store itself - "WTF? 'PLAY'?!? What are we, f**king 3-year-olds?"

Exactly right.

- Tim

[weegie]

They've just changed the name, implemented a new terms of services agreement which you have to agree to, otherwise you can no longer use the market application which came with your three day old android device....it's a very Google thing to do.

[Ed Hardy]

Wow,what an awful name. I guess Google doesn't work.

Developers of Android productivity apps must feel like they have been thrown under the bus. Because, according to Google, your smartphone isn't useful, it's just fun.
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[JRakes]

Not to be a wet towel or such, but... That's been my take on smartphones for the past few years - They're amusement devices. Distractions. Playthings in lieu of actually doing anyting productive. Naming a provider's market to sound like a fast-food joint playground seems perfectly reasonable, to me.

[tbessie]

Not to be a wet towel or such, but... That's been my take on smartphones for the past few years - They're amusement devices. Distractions. Playthings in lieu of actually doing anyting productive. Naming a provider's market to sound like a fast-food joint playground seems perfectly reasonable, to me.

See, that'd be okay if I got a free "Fun Pak!" with it, including a magick decoder ring and action figurines. Hell, they didn't even give me a hot "apple" pie! I feel cheated!

- Tim

[Ed Hardy]

Not to be a wet towel or such, but... That's been my take on smartphones for the past few years - They're amusement devices. Distractions. Playthings in lieu of actually doing anyting productive.

I hear this comment fairly frequently. I suspect if someone pulled all the productivity features out of these people's smartphones they'd be surprised how much they miss them. Just as a start, they'd lose the calendar, to-do list, and work email. No more work phone calls, either.

If anyone's answer to this is, "I don't use most of those functions" my answer is that you should -- you're apparently ignoring half the capabilities of your device.

And as devices get larger they are getting more useful. A phone with a display close to 5-inches can be used for tasks beyond something below 4-inches.
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[jigwashere]

Not to be a wet towel or such, but... That's been my take on smartphones for the past few years - They're amusement devices. Distractions. Playthings in lieu of actually doing anyting productive. Naming a provider's market to sound like a fast-food joint playground seems perfectly reasonable, to me.

I have a new, shiny smartphone. You're just jealous!