How many apps have you paid for? Have you checked the user ratings on the ones you have downloaded? Have you checked on DF to see what other people here think are good apps and ones to stay away from? Droid apps/games development is still in infancy compared to iPhone apps. Look back in a year from now and see if you still feel the same way, I bet you won't.
I think droid market is more refined if you're willing to pay attention to ratings and comments. At least droids get the option to see crap apps. Iphone might not let a good app on it's market for months if at all.
I'm just naming a few. Run a search (gasp!) on favorite apps and you'll see a ton of good ones.
What the Android world needs is a group of app designers that goes thru the apps and give them a seal of approval.
I think there are some decent ones out there. There ar some bad ones too.
Also we need to let anyone who makes an apple app that we want an Android app. If they realize that there's a market for Android apps, they will make them, and I don't see why they wouldn't make them quality apps.
What the Android world needs is a group of app designers that goes thru the apps and give them a seal of approval.
And who is going to pay this group?
I'm just naming a few. Run a search (gasp!) on favorite apps and you'll see a ton of good ones.
One thing I noticed though, which tends to bother me:
If you go to a section, say "Top Free"; you see the exact same list of apps for months at a time. Some of the "Top Free" apps have been at the exact same spot in the chart for as long as i've had my Droid. Sure, Jewels is an okay game - but it's not THAT great.
One more comment. I loved playing great games on the iPhone such as Plant vs Zombie. I think it's a riot that the closest you can get to this great game on the Droid is to see pictures of icons from the game. I guess the writers of this great droid version figured, you can load these icons, and pretend you had something cool. UGH
What the Android world needs is a group of app designers that goes thru the apps and give them a seal of approval.
And who is going to pay this group?
Not to sound obvious, but perhaps Google themselves? I'm more than certain that they can afford to pay a group of QA testers. Of course, then it wouldn't be a truly "open" marketplace. After seeing some of the apps in the market, I don't think that would be a bad thing.
There's something HORRIBLY wrong when kids can see pictures of fully nude women just browsing thru the games section.
It's outrageous to say "Why do all the Droid Applications suck!" Are there some bad ones out there? Sure, but there are a lot of good ones too. Chrome 2 Phone and Phone 2 Cloud are both great apps. Screebl. And countless apps that are beneficial to the rooted user.
I'm just naming a few. Run a search (gasp!) on favorite apps and you'll see a ton of good ones.
I've had my Droid for 5 weeks now, everyday I'm in the market place searching for something worthwhile. Honestly, out of the thousands and thousands of apps available I can only manage to stomach a handful that make me happy. I also noticed that alot of apps are just a duplicate of what the phone already has the capacity to with a twist or just a different look. Freezing, force close, unsupported bla bla. Don't take this wrong, I love my Droid but IMO the apps available leave something to be desired. What's the deal?
People wanna gripe about the approval process Apple has for the appstore....but I would say 50% of the apps are good, useful, etc.
