Here are a few examples of what I mean.
This ap
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobilityware.solitaire&feature=search_result requests read phone state and identity, for what?
Why do some aps prevent the phone from sleeping? To me that means more battery drain and possibly more internet usage, am I wrong to think that? Perhaps I am too amature to understand what these things really mean, it would be cool if someone would explain in more detail in that case.
What does full internet access really mean? Does that mean if the ap wants to waste your bandwith it can by uploading new things to your phone? Could a developer put a virus on your phone by having access like this?
I am guessing this ap,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eolwral.osmonitor&feature=search_result, has to access your personal log data in order to give you correct information, this seems reasonable to me, but what else do they have access to?
Why does this ap
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jupiterapps.phoneusage&feature=search_result have to read my personal information like contact data and phone calls? that doesn't make sense.
I can't find it now, but there was one ap that could access the full contact list, phone calls you have made, people you talk to, etc. and it was not an anti-virus or clean up type ap.
Maybe I am just paraoid, but I feel most general aps do not need access to your identity, your phone number, etc. I tried emailing one developer of a big known ap, this one,
https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS51cmJhbmFpcnNoaXAuYWlybWFpbCJd, and the email address doesn't even work!!! MSNBC needs this ap for some strange reason.. It's just really bothersome...