Jul 14 2009
“And while Verizon is romancing developers, the carrier isn’t as solicitous of its handset partners. Verizon’s Ryan Hughes, VP Partner Management, said in an interview Friday that the network operator’s app store will be the sole marketplace on devices sold by the company, meaning stores such as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry App World or Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Marketplace won’t get placement on Verizon handsets unless a consumer downloads them. Hughes also said that Verizon is focusing on aggregating content from four different developer communities: Windows Mobile, Palm, Android and BlackBerry.”
Verizon to Mobile Developers: Can You Hear Me Now?
Brilliant plan, what could go wrong by consolidating four different platforms and forcing half-dozen manufactures and thousands of app developers to get in on the Verizon API?
What’s better, AT&T’s crappy service backed by Apple or Verizon’s better service with draconian rules?
