{"id":36279,"date":"2009-11-04T22:45:15","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T03:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/?p=78489"},"modified":"2009-11-04T22:45:15","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T03:45:15","slug":"the-new-new-carrier-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/36279","title":{"rendered":"The New New Carrier Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"motorola-cliq.jpg\"There are no longer any doubts that T-Mobile has hitched<\/a> its smartphone bandwagon to Google’s Android operating system<\/a>. The company today said that it will be selling four Android-powered handsets<\/a> to its (current and potential) customers during the<\/a> vital holiday season. It is clear T-Mobile is hoping to sell a lot of smartphones. As part of its push, the company is making some plans regarding applications and application discovery. Here are some excerpts from their email pitch sent earlier today:<\/p>\n

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With the introduction of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, T-Mobile created T-Mobile AppPack on Android Market, which features select 3rd party and T-Mobile made apps. T-Mobile recently refreshed AppPack with new, suggested applications \u2013 34 apps in all, including a mix of free and paid apps<\/strong>. Later this month, the company will take this a step further by introducing a T-Mobile Channel on Android Market<\/strong> (that will be live by Thanksgiving), and Android Market (including the T-Mobile Channel) will soon feature carrier billing making it easier and more streamlined for customers with T-Mobile Android devices<\/strong> to purchase their favorite applications.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When I read that pitch, the first thing that came to my mind: hey isn’t that what the carrier decks of yore really used to be?<\/p>\n

Carriers playing godfather to the fortunes of small companies in exchange for some baksheesh. Apps placed by them on the deck was how start-ups fortunes were decided. Carrier decks also were a way to sell premium applications and services. So how are T-Mobile channel and T-Mobile App Pack any different than the carrier deck? My inner skeptic says: not much!<\/p>\n

Any thoughts folks?<\/p>\n

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