The future is NOW. Google has just flipped the switch on its new Android Market web store, letting users login, browse apps, buy apps and manage their settings and important phone stuff via the web.
We are signing in in AWE at this very minute:
Head to http://market.android.com/ as QUICKLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE to try out Android’s new online store. I’m currently getting an “invalid” error when trying to sign in, so it’s perhaps not quite open for business.
UPDATE:
Following a few sign-in issues at launch, the site is now pretty much fully operational bar the odd server error.
That’s me and my phones. This is literally the most exciting day of the millennium so far.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
silentbazz
/ February 2, 2011I keep getting an “Invalid Request” when I try to sign in..
.boo!
Audrey
/ February 2, 2011Invalid Request indeed.
Tony
/ February 2, 2011Same as above, so i tried something else i pressed install on an app and that took me to login page, i entered email and password and still said invalid request
Ebow
/ February 2, 2011Guess what guys…. its only for the US. Was getting invalid request but the moment I turned on an IP mask software it opened up like a fountain
Gary C
/ February 2, 2011No it isn’t! That was a coincidence! I am in now!
I CAN SEE ALL THE NEW THINGS AND SCREENS.
Ebow
/ February 2, 2011Really? Ok will try again, thanks
Ash
/ February 3, 2011Love it awesome, just whaat we needed.
Ash
/ February 3, 2011working fine for me in uk
Bry
/ February 3, 2011I can get to the site etc, no problem.
But I can’t get it to install anything on my phone!
So, according to this site, I now have a few free apps “installed” on my phone, but nothing was pushed to it.
Back to AppBrain for now…
Tim
/ February 4, 2011Ensure that you have GTalk running on your phone. It seems to use this to start the download
Nizzy
/ February 3, 2011Good start but it chooses a language based on your IP and can’t change it. Very stupid.
Dave P
/ February 3, 2011Can log in but when I try and push an app it starts the download then just disappears…
Running VillainRom 12 on HTC Hero – wonder if it only works on official roms?
Hands0n
/ February 3, 2011Works a treat and handles multiple Android devices logged in to the same account perfectly. It is a much more comfortable way to pop apps on to the Android device – I’ll probably not use Market on the mobile unless I’m away from my Mac+Browser.
Tim
/ February 4, 2011Works great. So much easier to browse from the PC and then push the apps to your phone. This is a neat solution. You need to have GTalk running on your phone so that it can download the apps. Be warned that it would not log me out of the website so make sure you are not using a public PC.
Gary C
/ February 4, 2011Do you? I’ve never used GTalk. Can’t believe it doesn’t cost 20p a time, either!