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Is the Android Market headed for disaster?

A fellow developer informed me that he doesn't see Paperdroid Pro in the Market app. I had no clue on why this would happen, so he sent me this very informative link.

The picture that emerges from reading that thread and the ones linked within it is grim. Briefly:

  • Paid apps are a no-go (in theory) on rooted devices
  • Carriers have the ultimate power in deciding what's in your Market and what's not
On the former: my rooted Magic shows me everything (in Italy, with any carrier; and Market Enabler works just as expected). This just proves even more that there's a lot of confusion out there. 

The important point is the latter. Although carriers are just starting to implement it, it is clear that this is where the Market is headed. This poses some problems.


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On Paperdroid Pro without the (Google) Android Market

UPDATE: Paperdroid Pro is now available at andappstore!

I've spent already too much time trying to figure out a way to get Paperdroid Pro to people without access to the Android Market (or its paid apps section). The alternative markets out there all require some sort of added infrastructure (and code), which would force me to maintain a separate Paperdroid Pro codebase for them. This doesn't seem worth the hassle, given the current and predictable amount of Pro customers (one day I'll share the laughs).


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I'm really, really bad at writing changelogs

The thing is: many updates went through; Paperdroid/Pro is now at v1.1.1 v1.1.4.

The other thing is: I patently lack the willpower that is necessary in order to consistently write proper changelogs.
On these grounds, I ask for forgiveness about the following pathetic attempt:
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Paperdroid Pro & free 1.0.5

The amount and quality of help and feedback I received after 1.0.3 is astonishing. Thanks to the relentless help of Mario C., ggrell, Micah C. and probably somebody else I forgot (sorry, it's been quite an intense day email-wise), the problems with random and semi-random force closes should be fixed. What's even better, with the new catchin' 'n' loggin' infrastructure in place, and - more importantly - these fantastic users/testers I'm so lucky to have, any similar problems in the future should be fixed much more quickly.

Thank you everybody for the incredible support!

...time to code some long-overdue new features!

On the mechanics of the net society and apparently misleading headings.

Pushed a quick 1.0.3 Paperdroid update, that seems to be able to intercept FC-causing errors and give the user a chance to send the log. I really hope it'll work this time.

Paperdroid force closing: a battle is lost, but the war continues

There's an uncaught exception that is wrecking havoc (or, less dramatically, semi-randomly causing the dreaded Force Close dialog) among many Paperdroid installations. It seems to affect some G1s as well as many Droids; unfortunately my data on the matter is scarce.
In an effort to solve the mystery, I published Paperdroid 1.0.2 - which, besides a minor bug fix, didn't have any new features but for an attempt in getting these errors properly logged.
Now, after some days in which I had unrelated events to take care of, it is clear that the attempt failed miseramente - I'm getting exactly nothing.

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Paperdroid Pro

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At long last! The droidy link is the QR code on the right, while here's the Androlib link.


Paperdroid Pro sweetness:
  • fullscreen reading
  • customizable sync interval
  • no manual sync throttling, faster sync operations, unlimited background syncing
  • full HTML fetching of articles
  • fonts
  • AccelNAV for a tilt-based, touch-free reading experience
  • full fledged search capabilities - also available from the device Quick Search Box
  • Search&Save: even when offline, type in a query string to have it automatically googled and fetched on sync.
Planned additions:
  • text view with images
See the changelog and the FAQ!

Paperdroid 1.0.1

Because skipping major milestones is sexy!

Changelog.

Paperdroid 0.9.9RC

Late post, has been published for some hours now. I've been busy with the first tweaks for 1.0 :)

Lots of new stuff, see the changelog!

Paperdroid 0.9.8RC

New version, new features. See the changelog.
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Paperdroid Changelog

1.1.4:
  • fixes, tweaks, more tweaks, tiny little undetectable features

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Paperdroid


Paperdroid is an offline article reading Android app that integrates with the excellent service Read It Later and/or Google Reader.

Found an interesting but long article while surfing in a costly internet point? Skimming hastily through your feeds for worthy posts? Just save the page to Read It Later (via bookmarklet, the Firefox extension etc.) or star it in Google Reader - and have Paperdroid automatically download it to your trusty Android phone for offline reading pleasure.
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Paperdroid beta out

UPDATE: as of November 2009 Paperdroid Release Candidate is available to the public. Thanks to all the betatesters for their invaluable help!
After lots of unnecessary sweating reinventing the wheel of sending debug logfiles, Paperdroid beta is finally out!

If you want to join the betatesting group let me know at m@latedroid.com - hurry up while there are available slots!

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Paperdroid beta soon!

After (not that) much sweating, Paperdroid is finally getting somewhat close to at least resembling something that vaguely pretends to be a functioning app.
Paperdroid will be - hopefully - a mobile offline reading app a là Instapaper (whence the unconceivably original name) - which happens to be the only app I miss after The Big Switch to the Android platform.
Initially, and perhaps indefinitely, it will support the very much excellent (and free) service Read It Later that provides an almost amazing public API. Innumerable kudos are in order for that fine guy.

Beta testers wanted!

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