{"id":512418,"date":"2010-04-04T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=17441"},"modified":"2010-04-04T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T12:00:56","slug":"appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/512418","title":{"rendered":"AppBrain Market Sync: A great concept for installing apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AppBrain Market Sync is an app management system that lets users visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appbrain.com\/\" >AppBrain.com<\/a> to easily browse apps in the Market and choose which ones they want to install. Once you have  picked the apps you tell your phone to sync to the Market and bam &#8211; it&#8217;s on your phone.<\/p>\n<p>When I first heard of AppBrain Market I was hyped. What a time  saver this is going to be. Little did I know the frustrations forth coming to me.<\/p>\n<p>When you go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appbrain.com\/\" >AppBrain<\/a> they allow you to login with your Gmail account; it seems pretty cut and dry. It\u2019s only  after you get into the meat of the site where the problems start revealing  themselves. Almost every app I would choose to install on my phone would uncheck  itself after I left the respective pages. Once I could get an actual app to  stay in the \u201cinstall\u201d position that\u2019s when frustrations  began.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured below are the constant errors that you get  when trying to use this program to sync up to the AppBrain website. Error  after error after error; I wanted to break my phone.<\/p>\n<p>Finally when the AppBrain sync would recognize the website, the sync begins. The Market boots up and automatically brings you to the first app on your list. After it  installs, the user must press the back option and it will take you to the next one your  list. So on and so forth until you get all your apps you wanted downloaded.<\/p>\n<p>In  the end I found myself browsing their website and just searching the Market on my phone  once I found an app that I really wanted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browsing      app through website is awesome<\/li>\n<li>Sync      system (when it works)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Needs improvement<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No batch install option<\/li>\n<li>Building install list      from website had issues<\/li>\n<li>Sync problems between app and website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Verdict<\/strong>: I say pass for now because AppBrain in its current  state is quiet disappointing. Once they can perfect the sync and the browser issues I would  gladly change my verdict to download. If AppBrain can work out these issue, they have the potential to  dominate the Android  Market.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps\/attachment\/appbrain5\/' title='appbrain5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/appbrain5-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"appbrain5\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps\/attachment\/appbrain3\/' title='appbrain3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/appbrain3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"appbrain3\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps\/attachment\/appbrain1\/' title='appbrain1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/appbrain1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"appbrain1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps\/attachment\/appbrain2\/' title='appbrain2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/appbrain2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"appbrain2\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/appbrain-market-sync-a-great-concept-for-installing-apps\/attachment\/appbrain4\/' title='appbrain4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/appbrain4-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"appbrain4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This review was submitted by Aaron Blain as part of  our <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/2010\/04\/applications\/2010\/04\/games\/2010\/04\/applications\/2010\/04\/games\/2010\/04\/games\/2010\/04\/news\/contest-review-an-app-win-a-superphone\/\">app  review contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/apex-uninstaller-a-real-time-saver\/\" title=\"Apex Uninstaller: A real time saver\">Apex Uninstaller: A real time saver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/games\/pocket-empires-online-the-ultimate-mmo-war-game-on-android\/\" title=\"Pocket Empires Online: The ultimate MMO war game on Android\">Pocket Empires Online: The ultimate MMO war game on Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/pure-calendar-widget-a-perfect-replacement-for-the-native-widget\/\" title=\"Pure Calendar Widget: A perfect replacement for the native widget\">Pure Calendar Widget: A perfect replacement for the native widget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/games\/pobs-one-of-the-top-20-puzzle-games-of-adc2\/\" title=\"Pobs: One of the top 20 puzzle games of ADC2\">Pobs: One of the top 20 puzzle games of ADC2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/tricorder-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-multi-sensor-environmental-monitor\/\" title=\"Tricorder: Turn your Android phone into a multi-sensor environmental monitor\">Tricorder: Turn your Android phone into a multi-sensor environmental monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AppBrain Market Sync is an app management system that lets users visit AppBrain.com to easily browse apps in the Market and choose which ones they want to install. Once you have picked the apps you tell your phone to sync to the Market and bam &#8211; it&#8217;s on your phone. 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