Timeline for Why do some devices ship without the Market installed?
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| Apr 9, 2011 at 19:47 | comment | added | Fredrik | Ok, I read it the other day but it looks like most wifi only Honeycomb tablets include Market so it has either changed or wasn't entirely true. | |
| Apr 9, 2011 at 15:34 | comment | added | Matthew Read | No, all "approved" Android devices can use the Market. The WiFi-only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab has the Market, for example. | |
| Apr 9, 2011 at 10:29 | comment | added | Fredrik | Yes it may, but as I understand it this was about Market and not about Android. Google, to my knowledge, still don't allow Market on devices lacking telephony hardware. Most of the vendors of such devices have their own Market (or people download the Market apk from elsewhere). | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 21:38 | comment | added | Matthew Read | "Android 2.3 MAY be used on devices that do not include telephony hardware. That is, Android 2.3 is compatible with devices that are not phones." source.android.com/compatibility/android-2.3-cdd.pdf | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 21:14 | comment | added | Fredrik | Actually, it also seems like they simply don't allow it for devices with only WiFi. I guess one reason could be that they at least used to use the sim card ID to figure out if you lived in a country where the payware part of market should be enabled and a few other things. | |
| Dec 28, 2010 at 18:20 | vote | accept | lamcro | ||
| Dec 27, 2010 at 20:34 | history | answered | Matthew Read | CC BY-SA 2.5 |