Right, Steve. And now please enlighten us how you suggest to install the said Android Market if the phone producer hadn’t bribe Google first.

That’s what really annoying: that everybody just assumes every Android phone has the market, including developers who should know better. Then programs installed from SlideMe, or whatever, begin to update, try to start the market and crash.

ok paladin you are right about unaccessibility of market out of US. but there is important problem here, this market is preferred only by users who have located countries where market still does not exist. Moreover, why the developers choose this market instead of google market which is undeniably more preferrable for developers. It ıs true to say that this marjet cannot be succesfull in long time

good news!!!

@steve: “this market is preferred only by users who have located countries where market still does not exist.”

AFAIK this is the majority of the world. Last time i checked, there was 193/203 states (depending on the international recognition of such state). Paid apps on Android Market are available only in 11 countries. That leaves the remaining 182/192 states to either ignore paid apps (because they simply can’t buy them) or seek for alternate markets.

Until Google takes their head out of sand, we will unfortunately need alternate markets.

BTW, it is not against EU regulations, that they sell apps in Germany or Austria, but doesn’t allow the access to that market from other EU members which are not on Google list ?