I investigated this a bit. Here are some links concerning the market4archos.apk app, also known as the "market hack".
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=29833
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=36719
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=36829
I see a few problems with this:
- First of all, I don't think it's entirely legal. This is copyrighted code (not part of open sourced Android) being distributed without the author's permission.
- Second, from the threads I examined, installing it and getting it to work isn't always foolproof. I saw somebody asking how to get paid apps and didn't see an answer. I saw complaints of corrupted downloads. And so forth.
- Maybe I'm paranoid but I don't trust software downloaded from random places like rapidshare and megaupload. I'd rather get it from official places like archos.com or google.com.
- The link is to an Archos fan site, and Archos isn't the only maker of tablets. Maybe it will work on other tablets and maybe it won't, I don't know.
- Finally, that's just the Market. I want other Google apps too, like GMail. And I don't want to hunt around on questionable download sites to find them.
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