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It seems like a rather blatant oversight, but it appears that Google books isn't available on the 10.1 I/O tab. Searched the market, checked the "more by google inc." link, no sign of google books.
Right on the front page of the market the action bar has pseudo-tabs that let you switch between "android apps" and "books". Rummaging around the books section will eventually land you on books.google.com where they extol the virtues of google books in both it's regular and "honeycomb" variants, and there's even a nice big blue button labeled "Download Android app". Unfortunately, while that does take you to the elusive app page for google books in the market, clicking the install button just results in "The requested item could not be found".
It's working fine on my phone, so it doesn't seem to be a generic market issue.
Of course the tab came preloaded with the kindle app, so perhaps it's not a complete coincidence, but that just seems odd for a devices given out at I/O...
the only way I got it to work was by pushing it to /system/app. There's a thread about it in the general section.
Here's the response I got when I sent an email to the Google Books support team asking why it wasn't available on my Google I/O supplied Galaxy Tab:
Thanks for writing into Google eBooks.
Because this was a pre-public version, it did not come pre-loaded with the Google Books app, and currently, the Google Books app for Honeycomb devices is not available on the Android Market.
Our engineers are aware of the issue and are working on sending out an
over-the-air update that should install Google Books on your tablet. They
inform me this will go out in the near future.
In the meantime, you will be able to read Google Books on the web or on an
Android phone.
Thanks for your patience and please don't hesitate to write back.
Sincerely,
Anna
The Google Books Team
So, basically, it sounds like we'll be getting Google Books in the 3.1 update that they mentioned would be pushed in the next few weeks.
That explains the mystery at least. I guess I hadn't stopped to realise that the xoom really is the only honeycomb device widely available to the general public at the moment. (or what it comes pre-loaded with, for that matter.)
I totally missed the books app thread in general somehow. Must've been buried under all the search results related to side-loading books and such. Sorry about that.
Can't wait for them to release 3.1.
Hello everyone,
I just got a Nook Tablet I have never had any smart phone or tablet before, and I have never purchased an app. My question is about DRM on apps.
If I buy an app from the B&N store, will I only be able to use it on my Nook Tablet? For example, if I get an Android phone in the future, will I be able to use my Nook Tablet apps on it?
I know that there are other marketplaces such as the Android marketplace and the Amazon app store. Are there similar issues with those as well?
Where is the best place to buy an app to ensure I won't have to buy it a second time?
fr3dw0rth said:
Hello everyone,
I just got a Nook Tablet I have never had any smart phone or tablet before, and I have never purchased an app. My question is about DRM on apps.
If I buy an app from the B&N store, will I only be able to use it on my Nook Tablet? For example, if I get an Android phone in the future, will I be able to use my Nook Tablet apps on it?
I know that there are other marketplaces such as the Android marketplace and the Amazon app store. Are there similar issues with those as well?
Where is the best place to buy an app to ensure I won't have to buy it a second time?
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Buy from the google market if you want to use it in the future for android phone/tablet.
Does that mean that if I buy from the Google market, I can copy the app to a new device and install it again? Would the new device also have to have the Google market installed?
What it is about buying an app from B&N that would restrict me from transferring and installing my app on a new device?
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fr3dw0rth said:
Does that mean that if I buy from the Google market, I can copy the app to a new device and install it again? Would the new device also have to have the Google market installed?
What it is about buying an app from B&N that would restrict me from transferring and installing my app on a new device?
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Yes, you can copy it and install it anywhere regardless where you buy the app - manually copy it or use a backup program like Titanium backup. If you want to tie the program to the market, so you can get updates for it, you can redownload it from the android market, or use a program to tie it to the market so it recognizes it (but your account will have to have purchased the program if it's not a free one).
The android market is tied to devices - you cannot use it without a device registered to the account, which is different than the other markets/stores where an account is enough (currently). There is no issue installing the Amazon market, the B&N Market, etc on different devices and regrabbing programs. (But the external B&N market app doesn't run on nook tablets, only odd part.) Since the android market is by far the biggest one, it's probably the best place to buy things, but no you shouldnt' have issues with the other markets and transferring stuff around.
Anything you purchase through Google Market or Amazon App Store can be used and downloaded on any device as long as you use the same account (gmail for google, login for Amazon). I have three devices that all share the same apps. When you login to either for the first time, it will list all your purchased apps under "my apps" and you can download directly from there. I have no experience with the B&N market yet.
I keep a second family gmail account and make purchases through that on Google market so my family can all share the same purchased apps and our own seperate gmail accounts for email, calendar, etc.
There's no definitive answer, since a) it depends on the vendor's permission, b) the "app store" scheme is still in a state of flux, both conceptually and in implementation.
In theory, whatever "app store" you buy an app from will allow authorization for any devices linked to that store. Since Google's uses Gmail, then any device linked to a particular Gmail acct should be authorized.
Presently, buying from Google allows the widest reach, assuming all your devices are linked to Gmail. Buying from B&N, in theory, would allow any B&N-linked devices (NC and NT for now) to be authorized. Ditto for Amazon's.
This is a problem, assuming you buy apps from different app stores. This will be addressed over time, by user demands of vendors to establish a commonal authorization system. Realize that we're still in the beta testing stage, not only of mobile devices and OS'es, but also their ecosystems.
Over time, one'd expect more vendors to eschew "per user" for a more granular "per device" or "per X devices." For one, it avoids the abuse of having a "communal" Gmail account--mentioned in the previous post--to share between different users. Since the latter requires additional infrastructural work, you only see this from a few large, established vendors for now. But all vendors are loathe to let a third-party control their vendor-client relationship, and will have their own proprietary authorization at some point.
Do we have some way to get the information of these? Like who bought my apps or some unique keys/numbers to show that a user bought my app? Like google play or amazon store... ...
Hello everybody,
i just got an acer liquid e700.
unfortunately, there's no cyanogenmod available for it, and scanning this and other android forums i soon realised that, if i use some inoffical rom, i will most probably loose the triple sim functionality.
so, how can i make sure my acer liquid e700 with stock android 4.4.2 kitkat does not call home to google?
it is rooted already.
i do not have a google account, so there's already quite a lot of stuff that wouldn't work anyway and can be disabled/uninstalled: drive, gmail, google (search?), google settings, google+, hangouts, maps, google photos, "play movies & tv", play newsstand, play store.
(that in itself is an impressive list. phew)
however, is that enough? there's still some questionable apps. most of all, acer's own apps.
...before i go into much more detail, maybe some guide is already out there?
bonus if it's for acer devices that ship with their very own brand of spyware.
in the end, i'm not a cryptofreak, but i'd like my phone to be as safe as my linux desktop:
i want to decide who and when uses the network, and i want to make sure that apps don't spy on other apps.
i want to listen to my local (on my desktop computer) music collection without google & the world knowing about it. just an example.
ps:
i'm planning on using f-droid as much as possible.
i read an article on a german android forum that said: things to do BEFORE your android phone goes into the internet for the first time:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/c...es-das-1-mal-ins-internet-geht-afwall.611866/
it comes down to having a working firewall and block everything, before you put data cards in or use wifi.
there's an older article here:
http://android-hilfe.digidip.net/vi...d-hilfe.de/forum/acer-liquid-e700-forum.1800/
and these were also helpful:
http://android-hilfe.digidip.net/vi...d-hilfe.de/forum/acer-liquid-e700-forum.1800/
http://android-hilfe.digidip.net/vi...d-hilfe.de/forum/acer-liquid-e700-forum.1800/
here's a similar thread on that german forum:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/todo-liste-fuer-sicherheit-privatsphaere.723271/
How to use hands free alexa in oneplus nord2
Android phones including the OnePlus Nord2 come inbuilt Google Assistant, not Alexa. Android is owned by google, hence why Android phones use google services by default, such as the google play store and in this case, Google Assistant.
Set up google assistant. From the settings page, click the search icon top right, type in google assistant. It's also part of the phones setup process when you first unlock a factory reset/fresh phone.
If you however, MUST use Alexa instead, which is Amazon shopping's assistant, then you can consider buying an Alexa product such as the fairly popular Amazon Echo smart speaker, or download and install the Alexa app which might not work with all phones. If you download the app, you can then go into android setting and set Alexa as your default assistant, replacing Google Assistant.
Personally, I think Alexa is pretty terrible unless you're always using it to buy things off of Amazon, or using it to control some of the Amazon specific smart lighting systems and already have a lot of Amazonecossytem gadgets.
If you're simply looking to do simple searches, google for simple questions, and simple phones tasks like handsfree calling and texting, I would recommend sticking with Google Assistant; But opinoins may vary.
Either way, setting up one of the assistants should be very easy to do. It's legit in the setup process for the first time you start up the phone.