[android-developers] Re: Bump is letting users send paid apps?

Just tried it between my G1 & N1, and it does just send a Market link.
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On 30 June, 19:23, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote:
> I would be extremely surprised if they do anything other than send the
> market URL. To do otherwise would be more work, and a worse user
> experience.
>
> My own app, in an upcoming version, will send a link to itself. It was
> trivial to implement, and I think it's a great marketing tool. I think
> we'd all like every likely customer to get a market link to our paid
> (and free) app.
>
> I don't have two phones to bump together. Could someone try it out and
> confirm?
>
> On Jun 30, 8:43 am, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I don't think any Bump (or any app) can do that on a non-rooted phone.
> > However, Bump may just send the "market:" url to the receiver, not the
> > actual app itself.
>
> > On Jun 29, 8:16 pm, jsdf <jasons...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > It looks like you can send an app with the new version of Bump.
> > > This seems to include paid apps.
> > > Which completely circumvents the Android Market, of course.
>
> > > 1.) How is this possible?  I thought access to apps themselves was off
> > > limits to API developers.
> > > 2.) If this is the case, why is Google not remote uninstalling Bump,
> > > and instead promoting it in the Android Market?
>
> > > (I haven't tried actually sending the paid app, so maybe it fails at
> > > that point - can anyone confirm?  I hope to be proven wrong here)
> > > (I saw this using a Nexus One)
>
> > > jsdf

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