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Paid Market Apps in Canada

why is it even a deal for theese guys not to give us paid apps? its like, okay go ahead let apple make more money off of better apps, and make less money by giving random countries nothing but free apps and piss them off while were at it !! if anyone gets any news about paid apps in canada or on telus, pm me or something
 
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Until they get the proper bribes in place which will be difficult since there is only so much to skim from $0.99 apps you can use Market Enabler on a rooted phone and then pretend to be on the network that gets you the paid apps. You can enable the T-Mobile market for example but this has to be initially setup before signing in to google for the first time. From then on the market thinks you are from a paid app area. I haven't bought anything from the market yet but they are available.
 
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Please dear god let this be it....


MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories

A very small glimmer of light comes today when it comes to paid apps in Canada. According to Google Canada spokesperson Wendy Rozeluk states “There are many factors that come into play to make sure the selling and purchasing processes run smoothly. It takes time to bring support to more countries, which is something we are working hard to do”. The Montreal Gazzette has stated that Google is “working on the problem and hopes to make an announcement next week.”
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Just to let you guys know, im in my android market on my crappy crippled Rogers Dream 1.5 mandatory updated phone and im seeing paid apps in the list, in US dollars and UK pounds so far. haven't seen any in CDN yet but that may bee moot.

Am i the first person to see paid apps in the list? (aside from Akkuzo)

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scanning the applications by catagories seems to only bring up FREE apps, you need to actually search the market to get them to show up. example, type in 'paid' and you should get some paid apps to show up. try it.
 
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Just to let you guys know, im in my android market on my crappy crippled Rogers Dream 1.5 mandatory updated phone and im seeing paid apps in the list, in US dollars and UK pounds so far. haven't seen any in CDN yet but that may bee moot.

Am i the first person to see paid apps in the list? (aside from Akkuzo)

Edit*
scanning the applications by catagories seems to only bring up FREE apps, you need to actually search the market to get them to show up. example, type in 'paid' and you should get some paid apps to show up. try it.

I'm with Rogers, rooted Magic with Amon RA's 1.6 rom. I see paid apps now too, and I already bought one so it works. :p
 
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Just to let you guys know, im in my android market on my crappy crippled Rogers Dream 1.5 mandatory updated phone and im seeing paid apps in the list, in US dollars and UK pounds so far. haven't seen any in CDN yet but that may bee moot.

Am i the first person to see paid apps in the list? (aside from Akkuzo)

Edit*
scanning the applications by catagories seems to only bring up FREE apps, you need to actually search the market to get them to show up. example, type in 'paid' and you should get some paid apps to show up. try it.

Nope i searched a bunch of paid apps i know about and searched paid and nothing showed up on my rogers Magic or my milestone.
 
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