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SlideME

User Rating3.25/5

SlideME Android Community and Application Marketplace. Enabling developers to monetize their efforts.

Price: Free

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Pros & Cons:

Pros

• You don’t need an Android phone with carrier subscription to download Android Apps
• Alternative method for finding apps

Cons

• Smaller percentage of available apps

Features:

SlideME Android App is a utility to offer Android Developers an alternative to Google’s Official Android Market. Both free and paid apps can be found there. The resource is great for finding those apps either not listed or not permitted in the Android Market. The SAM app offers slight improvements over the official Market such as numerous screenshots versus 2, longer description field versus 325 charcters and can associate YouTube videos.

It works 2 ways:

1. you can download their marketplace app SAM onto your Android phone, then download free apps and install with ease (for paid apps you must signup for a Mobentoo account to associate one of many payment options available).
2. Free app versions can be downloaded to your computer so you can drag and drop them to your Android phone via USB.

This concept is great for developers and consumers alike as often times you just can’t find apps in the “Search Kings” catalog (how ironic)! We receive a ton of email daily that people just can’t find some apps.

SlideME Marketplace Home

SlideME Marketplace Fun and Game Category

SlideME Marketplace Top 10

SlideME Marketplace Latest

SlideME Marketplace Paid App Description

SlideME Marketplace YouTube Video with App

SlideME Marketplace Paid App and Install Terms

SlideME Marketplace SD Card Installer

SlideME Marketplace Menu Options

Usefulness:

SlideME Android App is for those interested in finding Android apps that may not be listed in Google’s Android Market. However more beneficial to developers to increase their software exposure.

Ease of Use:

Very similar to using the official Android Market yet there’s a desktop presence and a few more features.

Frequently Used:

User dependent, most likely sparingly to common use.

Interface:

The user interface is slick and optimized for mobile.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.0 out of 5)

Should you Download SlideME? Yes! Browse their Website and Download Android Apps with SAM App!

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Posted: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 by Antonio Wells. Tags: Android App, Android Market, Android Marketplace, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Download Android Apps, Mobentoo, SlideME

5 Responses to “SlideME”

1. Aleksey says:

   November 23, 2009 at 6:51 am

   I am disappointed in SlideMe app store, there are almost no free apps. Speed Forge 3D is free on Android Market but paid on SlideMe. WTF?!

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   • ari-free says:

     November 23, 2009 at 11:43 am

     anyone can get all the free apps from android market. The problem is that not every country can get paid apps and slideme tries to solve that problem.

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2. Pander says:

   November 23, 2009 at 8:37 am

   I heard that SlideMe is delaying payments to developers.

   If I find the link I’ll post it.

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3. Heikki Toivonen says:

   November 23, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   @Aleksey: I suspect SlideME might have more paid applications simply because most developers don’t need alternatives to distribute free apps. If they can’t use Android Market for whatever reason, there are plenty of places they can stick a free .apk download, including having a download link on their app home page. So developers who cannot use Android Market to list paid apps, or can’t deal with complex sales tax/VAT issues Android Market leaves them to deal with themselves, prefer SlideME.

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4. BeMeCollective says:

   December 2, 2009 at 12:53 am

   Hello!

   I would like to share my experience on this topic, please.

   We develop an application, investing hundreds of night-hours on it. Then, if we wish to sell it, Google does not allow us to sell in the market. “Canadian vendors not allowed in the market”.
   Ironically, they did take our 25 US dollars for the privilege of giving our free apps to the users, but no way to sell.
   So we put a LITE app in the market, and a paid app in Slide ME. The users see the LITE, free app in the market and ask for more and more features, for free. Nobody buys the paid app.

   This can go on for a while, but how long will it be until the good developers burn out and stop developing?

   In the iPhone store, the good apps are making nice money out of it (the best 5 apps make roughly 3000-4000 US$ a day). In the Android market, the absolutely best 5 sold apps (not mine, unfortunately) are making around 30-60 dollars a day.

   Free apps are nice, but they don’t put food on my kids table, right?

   Best regards,

   Ari

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