Apps not available in UK App Store?

[mouchoir]

Here is a list of Apps (that I have noticed) that for some reason or other have yet to cross the Atlantic:

Google Mobile
Jott
Loopt

Does anyone know why this may be so?

 

[byron_hinson]

Here is a list of Apps (that I have noticed) that for some reason or other have yet to cross the Atlantic:

Google Mobile
Jott
Loopt

Does anyone know why this may be so?

Some apps are not localised - like many of the movie apps we have too - they only work in the US.

 

[tico24]

Some apps are not localised - like many of the movie apps we have too - they only work in the US.

The problem is that there's no consistency. A couple of the 'things near me' applications only appear to have data for the US but they're in the UK store.

 

[byron_hinson]

The problem is that there's no consistency. A couple of the 'things near me' applications only appear to have data for the US but they're in the UK store.

Yep - very annoying and something I didn't expect to see from the store - even some of the buyable apps are not localised for the UK yet are for sale here too

 

[mouchoir]

Some apps are not localised - like many of the movie apps we have too - they only work in the US.

That is understandable, but for an app like Jott I can't see where localisation comes in?

 

[tripout]

The Jott service is not available to anyone outside the US. To use the app you still have to be registered with the normal Jott service.

 

[DeanoUK]

The ebay one is missing too

 

[TonyHoyle]

Since loopt uses text messages to communicate they would need to find a way to send them across the UK that didn't cost them shedloads of money.

IMO better apps that do the same thing will be available - using SMS for this on a device which has unlimited data is kind of lame.

 

[onescoop]

iirc, it's developers who get the choice of where their app is available

 

[tico24]

The ebay one is missing too

the ebay app links to ebay.com and not ebay.co.uk (you wouldn't see any UK sales if you used it). So its down to localisation again.

 

[colcass]

i wanted loopt too
why showcase it at 'WW'DC if they are not going to let it be available to a World Wide audience
Maybe its the case of the portion of americans who forget or dont care about foreign countries.
Maybe its cos Tony Blair ain't hand in hand with Bushy anymore?

Last bits were in jest obviously
partially

 

[Phil A.]

iirc, it's developers who get the choice of where their app is available

That's correct - the developer chooses regions to supply to when they submit their app.

 

[foiegras]

Can anyone get the AIM app working?

I can't get it to work, it keeps saying a I need a 'Network Connection'. I've tried it on both WiFi and off O2's 3G network.

 

[byron_hinson]

Can anyone get the AIM app working?

I can't get it to work, it keeps saying a I need a 'Network Connection'. I've tried it on both WiFi and off O2's 3G network.

Worked fine for me yesterday