new look to market

[rochford77]

im running cmod 2.2 on mine, still says downloads no sprint tab . maybe its just on sprint based roms, any one running darch2.7 or cmod 2.2 have this issue?

 

[Joehunni]

im running cmod 2.2 on mine, still says downloads no sprint tab . maybe its just on sprint based roms, any one running darch2.7 or cmod 2.2 have this issue?

Ah, that's probably it, I'm on Darchdroid now with my download tab instead of Sprint.

 

[tatonka_Hero]

Didn't sprint just start up a "sprint zone" app or something like that? Where dev's can promote their apps through sprint, or something along those lines. That's quite likely what the Sprint tab is for. Sprint will likely put links to apps under that tab that they recommend.

 

[330D]

My market has no Sprint tab, FWIW. I would imagine that any Sprint based rom has it, and non Sprint roms don't, like someone above already posted... I have been waiting for the tab to show up since I saw this thread for the first time yesterday, but so far, no Sprint....

 

[mysticmead]

I flashed back to Froyo .. my downloads button is back.

 

[Joehunni]

Wtf, I flashed to froyo for a bit yesterday and actually had the Sprint tab...

 

[dominicanyor]

before it said sprint what it was?

 

[JB in AZ]

before it said sprint what it was?

Downloads, which is now available from the menu button

 

[Hoos]

Didn't sprint just start up a "sprint zone" app or something like that? Where dev's can promote their apps through sprint, or something along those lines. That's quite likely what the Sprint tab is for. Sprint will likely put links to apps under that tab that they recommend.

Well, none of those developers' apps will get used on my phone, then.

This ticks me off (actually, you can insert a much stronger word of your choice in place of "ticks").

First, it's not done via an update. I haven't updated my profile or PRL or anything else on my end in several weeks. Sprint pushed it out with no notice.

Second, to get MY downloads, I now have to push two extra buttons. (Yeah, not a big deal, but irksome).

Third, we get it Sprint. YOUR FARKING BRAND IS ALL OVER THE PHONE, not to mention all your farking crappy apps that can't be uninstalled. WE FARKING KNOW WE'RE USING A SPRINT PHONE.

Fourth, your recommendations are crap repeats of crap that is already promoted on the Market. Could you give us something like a CS app? Nooooooo. Not nearly that creative or customer-oriented are you?

I've been a customer for over 10 years. But if this is the kind of crap Sprint is going to pull, I don't need them that much, honey. Heck, I'll probably be better off financially by porting my number and going pre-paid anyway.

 

[joseamirandavelez]

I've not seen any Sprint logo in the market app. Maybe its because I disabled automatic updates when I installed DamageControl...

 

[Joehunni]

I've not seen any Sprint logo in the market app. Maybe its because I disabled automatic updates when I installed DamageControl...

Doubtful, I'm sure most of us have, I know I did.

 

[cirehawk]

I flashed back to Froyo .. my downloads button is back.

Interesting. I'm running froyo and I still have the Sprint tab.

 

[tatonka_Hero]

Well, none of those developers' apps will get used on my phone, then.

This ticks me off (actually, you can insert a much stronger word of your choice in place of "ticks").

First, it's not done via an update. I haven't updated my profile or PRL or anything else on my end in several weeks. Sprint pushed it out with no notice.

Second, to get MY downloads, I now have to push two extra buttons. (Yeah, not a big deal, but irksome).

Third, we get it Sprint. YOUR FARKING BRAND IS ALL OVER THE PHONE, not to mention all your farking crappy apps that can't be uninstalled. WE FARKING KNOW WE'RE USING A SPRINT PHONE.

Fourth, your recommendations are crap repeats of crap that is already promoted on the Market. Could you give us something like a CS app? Nooooooo. Not nearly that creative or customer-oriented are you?

I've been a customer for over 10 years. But if this is the kind of crap Sprint is going to pull, I don't need them that much, honey. Heck, I'll probably be better off financially by porting my number and going pre-paid anyway.

Odd, I really don't think it's that big of a deal. Verizon customers have had the Verizon tab in their downloads since day 1 (or at least since we first got a Verizon ROM ported to the Hero lol).

It really wouldn't surprise me if Sprint's putting their proprietary apps and all that good stuff up in that tab so future phones don't come with it pre-installed, but still have the easy option to get those particular apps.

 

[jwpilly]

Odd, I really don't think it's that big of a deal. Verizon customers have had the Verizon tab in their downloads since day 1 (or at least since we first got a Verizon ROM ported to the Hero lol).

It really wouldn't surprise me if Sprint's putting their proprietary apps and all that good stuff up in that tab so future phones don't come with it pre-installed, but still have the easy option to get those particular apps.

Problem is, none of the apps listed under the Sprint tab are proprietary to Sprint. None of those apps ever came preinstalled on a Sprint phone either.

 

[NYCHitman1]

Verizon has the same thing in their Android phones Market too

 

[Joehunni]

The weird thing about the sprint tab is the apps there are not sprint apps or any stockish apps at all, and most are still free. Its like they just want the word "Sprint" on as much as possible.

 

[joseamirandavelez]

Doubtful, I'm sure most of us have, I know I did.

I dont remember the name of the file but I had to remove a file from the phone to do this. Is that what you did?

 

[Joehunni]

Nope, there was a code you are prompted to enter at the end of the tutorial for rooting the stock 2.1 release that disables these updates.

 

[RobAGD]

Actually I found an very intresting App via the sprint suggestion Where... works pretty well.

-R

 

[joseamirandavelez]

Nope, there was a code you are prompted to enter at the end of the tutorial for rooting the stock 2.1 release that disables these updates.

yup. That command deletes the file that does the automatic update...

 

[MarkHirt]

Actually I found an very intresting App via the sprint suggestion Where... works pretty well.

Been there tried that, Yelp is better but since Google could not buy Yelp look for Places (now integrated into Google Maps) to be better than both soon

 

[Wingzfan61]

Its not just Sprint, Its all carriers. AT&T has it, Verizon, T-Mobile is rolling it out. Its done by google and not the carriers. Its supposed to offer apps strictly for each carrier as they roll out. Like the NFL stuff for Verizon.

 

[joseamirandavelez]

Well... I still don't have that Sprint tab. I saw it the other day on my friends Evo... So I guess I'm special

 

[astrobill]

The funny thing about this new carrier-specific tab in the Market is that it emphasized the "fragmentation" problem that Android has compared to Apple's iOS.

I would think that Google would NOT want to emphasize carrier-by-carrier differences in app offerings (e.g., Verizon's VZ Navigator is a paid service, whereas Sprint Navigator is free). Just drives a wedge among Andoird flavors, versions, and devices instead of emphasizing unity and interoperability among apps.

 

[Heaterz16]

The funny thing about this new carrier-specific tab in the Market is that it emphasized the "fragmentation" problem that Android has compared to Apple's iOS.

I would think that Google would NOT want to emphasize carrier-by-carrier differences in app offerings (e.g., Verizon's VZ Navigator is a paid service, whereas Sprint Navigator is free). Just drives a wedge among Andoird flavors, versions, and devices instead of emphasizing unity and interoperability among apps.

Just an fyi, Sprint Navigation isn't free to everyone, I don't have it because it cost me if I want it.