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I would classify watching a full-length movie on a desktop/laptop computer as being pretty close to worthless.
My home television is driven solely by an ubuntu desktop. Works brilliantly. What's your qualm with such a setup? I've never been happier with a home entertainment solution.
When I saw it, I was kind of confused. It takes me to an app store, but it's not immediately obvious if the apps will work on the PC I was browsing on. The Android name was shown front and center all over the page, but when I clicked on (for example) Angry Birds, it says "this app will work on all your devices." I have an Android tablet and I assume Google knows that. I know Angry Birds will work on PC in the browser…
and they can't pull things like this anymore Uhmm... they can and did. It's hardly traumatizing users. It's a good time to do it since the masses unfortunately love Angry Birds... They click the link and realize "Oh look, it's like Google iTunes". Why should they not leverage the crazy traffic they have?
English might not be your first language, so I want to be sensitive of this. We have what is called a turn of phrase, or a memorable statement which represents an idea. In this case, when I say "you can't do that", it is similar to how your boss might call you into his office to complain that you deleted the company's production server. He might say "you can't do that", even though you obviously just did. What he means is "you really shouldn't have done that, and you should have known better."
Why should they not leverage the crazy traffic they have?
They can and should. What I'm representing is that the way they have chosen to leverage that traffic is confusing. Selling Android apps on a PC storefront which also has its own apps causes confusion as to whether or not the apps will work on your PC. In this case, they specifically use the name Android in several places, and I didn't see anywhere that it said "works on your PC" or "doesn't work on your PC".
It's a good time to do it since the masses unfortunately love Angry Birds
They've had a webapp store which sold Angry Birds for the PC. Combining the two caused me confusion. If it causes me confusion, it likely causes other people confusion as well.
When I saw it, I was kind of confused. It takes me to an app store, but it's not immediately obvious if the apps will work on the PC I was browsing on. The Android name was shown front and center all over the page, but when I clicked on (for example) Angry Birds, it says "this app will work on all your devices." I have an Android tablet and I assume Google knows that. I know Angry Birds will work on PC in the browser…
Google has always been an evolutionary company. They are obviously working towards a single store that supports music, movies, books, Android apps, Google TV apps, and soon Chrome apps. I'm not sure why the should the Play Store back into "beta" mode just because it was rebranded and support for all the devices has not been launched yet. If you expand the compatibility box does it list your tablet?
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Google has always been an evolutionary company. They are obviously working towards a single store that supports music, movies, books, Android apps, Google TV apps, and soon Chrome apps. I'm not sure why the should the Play Store back into "beta" mode just because it was rebranded and support for all the devices has not been launched yet. If you expand the compatibility box does it list your tablet?
The key is telling if the app works on PC or Android or both or neither. They're selling them from the web, on your PC browser. They have previously had a webapp store which sold games just for your PC browser. Now in this store, they use the word Android as well. So are the apps for PC, or for Android?
They still have that store. It just isn't merged with Play yet.
I don't think it matters what platform the apps support. Eventually I see there being a single entry for Plants vs Zombies, (for example) you pay once and can install the Chrome app, the Android app, or the Google TV app.