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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MuslimLankan" data-source="post: 10902077" data-attributes="member: 146629"><img src="http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/11/05/android-overtakes-app-store/gsmarena_001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.dkszone.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/image1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />5 Reasons The Android Market Trashes Apple’s App Store RefundsIf you buy an application from the Android Market (their application  store), you can return it in 24 hours if you don’t like it for a full  refund. With Android you can download a five dollar application, play  with it, and then if it is really only worth three dollars, send it  back.It’s like being at a restaurant where you can order an entrée, take a bite, and send it back with no questions asked.Among developers for Apple’s store there has been complaint over a  general price race to the bottom. The lack of refunds can explain at  least part of this. As the price of an application rises, so does the  risk of buying it without testing it. The ability to test for free fixes  this problem. For both developers and users, refunds are a good thing  to have. One point to Android.Porn“Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone” says Apple boss Steve  Jobs. Well, alright then. Pornography is a taboo subject in our society,  but that hardly means that it is not popular.By closing out all the pornographers, Apple is leaving a bucket of  money on the table. Even more, porn has long driven digital innovation.  By banning it on their mobile devices (except in Safari, of course),  Apple is setting themselves back several notches both now, and when they  lose the marketing force of the porn masters.You don’t have to like, or even watch pornography to appreciate this  point. A good number of people do, and are not being well served by  Apple. Porn on the go? Take another point, Android.Zero Guilt DownloadsThat Apple is not very kind to their developers is common knowledge,  which leads to moral quandary. If you buy applications from Apple’  store, you are signing off on their policies that abuse developers.Does that sound melodramatic? Apple only gets away with their TOS  shenanigans by being the biggest fish in the pond. If you shrink the  fish, you shrink their influence and relative size. After watching any  number of my friends who are developers get yanked around by Apple, I  can’t download applications now without a small twinge of guilt.Android and Google do not take advantage of developers. Don’t believe me? Go read the <a href="http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html" target="_blank">Android Market TOS,</a>  and see for yourself. Sure, Apple has a lot of applications, but once  you get past the fart applications, the people who build them are being  treated unfairly. Your call, but another point for Android in my books.The Future, Several Important UpgradesNot only does Android have some serious advantages right now, but  coming soon in the next version of Android are more goodies that will  make the platform’s applications even better.First on the list is the (rumored) arrival of Apps2SD. In short, load  up your SD cards with as many applications as you want, and swap the  card out for others. You can then have an unlimited catalog of  applications for your phone. Of course, Apple products do not have  removable storage, so this is not even an option with a software  upgrade.microSD cards are dirt cheap.You can pick up a 16 gigabyte card for  $30 just about anywhere. iPhones cap out at 32 gigabytes, and the 16  gigabyte jump to the highest capacity phone will cost you $100. With  dead cheap expandable storage, the Android store become an all you can  eat buffet, where you never get full. Your iPhone applications have to  compete with music just for storage space, meaning that you can have far  fewer total applications. You can grab three 16 gigabyte microSD cards  for $90 and stack on nearly 50 gigabytes before lunch if you use  Android. One more point, Android. That makes four.And finally in the next Android release will be Flash 10.1 support  and the activation of FM tuners in phones that have them. This of course  frees up even more bells and whistles for developers to use. Once  Android 2.2 hits, it’s going to unlock a whole new slew of development.  Apple on the other hand just banned all third-party compiling and told  Flash to jump off a bridge. Take a last point Android, you win.</blockquote>

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