Google Android app makers banned from own apps

If you are lucky enough to become an Android developer, then Google will sell you an unlocked phone. That does sound great, having an Android phone that works on any network, but there is always a catch with things that good. The catch is that Google has banned those developers from downloading paid apps.

It was last week when the Android Market started to offer price-tagged applications in the US, but those developers with their unlocked Google handsets soon discovered that they were not able to download them. Google have prevented their developers from downloading applications that are copy protected, this also includes paid applications.

One Android developer has said that Google copy protects their apps in a simple way; they download them to a protected folder. However on unlocked phones that folder is not protected, this means that once a paid app has been downloaded a developer could then make a copy of it and return the original app for a full refund, as the Android market allows for refund in the first 24-hours.

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