Appbrain - like it ?

[Guest mike557]

Been using appbrain for a while now and much prefer it to using the market.

If you are not aware appbrain provides access to the apps in the market via a web interface. You can download the appbrain app onto your phone and then sync your phone with appbrain. The syncing produces an online list of all of your apps and if you are changing your rom, you install the appbrain app (after a wipe/reset) and resync. This allows you to download all of your apps as before onto the new rom.

Appbrain also has the capability to 'push' installs onto your phone, again once another web app has been installed. This does work well and the download seems to start within a few seconds.

So yes I like it - however I am concerned about it.

You need to log in using your google account and password - is this safe?

If it can push installs onto your phone what about hackers?

Reading the privacy statement reveals some further detail.

Appbrain only provides the 'American' market view, so are we restricted or is this better for us?

Edited October 18, 2010 by mike557

[Guest milkykung]

@mike557 I agree with you regarding a convenience you gain from Appbrain. I find it extremely handy too and it seems Google is aware of this issue. IMHO, this might be a reason why Google unveiled Gingerbread to be packed with an auto-update feature via the Android market plus other native OTA capabilities (sometime in September)

As a Android newbie myself, I cannot say much in deep details but that's my initial thought about it. I do hope other Android gurus in here would come and give in-depth analysis on this.

Cheers,

Edited October 18, 2010 by milkykung