Free Apps?????????????

[ryobi43]

Anyone out there know why all of the apps that are free on my phone now have a price tage on my NC??

 

[D-Caf]

Because the nook doesn't have a constant internet connection so in app advertising doesn't cut it (enough) to make it worth giving away free on the nook. At least that's what I've read.

 

[dparrothead1]

Because the nook doesn't have a constant internet connection so in app advertising doesn't cut it (enough) to make it worth giving away free on the nook. At least that's what I've read.

That just doesn't sound right....I have plenty of free apps on my NC from the Market and from Amazon that don't have adds. I think B&N is charging for apps just because they can and if you don't root, then you have no other choice.

 

[dlcullen]

they're charging $249 for what is now basically a tablet vs other companies who are selling tablets starting at $500, so charging for apps makes sense...

it's fairly simple to root them tho... so that's my choice!

 

[D-Caf]

That just doesn't sound right....I have plenty of free apps on my NC from the Market and from Amazon that don't have adds. I think B&N is charging for apps just because they can and if you don't root, then you have no other choice.

True, but then you were running an unsupported rooted device that didn't match there money making plans

I'm curious of how it works on other real tablets that don't have a 3/4G connection (i.e. WiFi only). Will they get a limit set of apps as well.

In the end as you stated it comes down to money for the hardware vendor and the app vendor.

 

[bigsmoove]

just left B&N picking up a new one for the wife...chatting it up with the nook-guy behind the counter, who was very cool by the way, i asked this very same thing. his argument was that the 'nook store' mentioned that they had to pay the developers of angry birds for example, to allow angry birds to be available within the nook app store. so B&N has to get their money back, and some i guess...