News & Media Releases

SlideME: SAM available from HTC HERO in South East Asia | September 3, 2009

Today with the official launch of the HTC Hero in Malaysia, SlideME's SAM Application Manager is available from within HTC's HERO handsets. Malaysia & Vietnam are the current countries where HTC supports SlideME' SAM, with more countries expected to follow soon.



SlideME's SAM link appearing on HTC's HERO home screen.

http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/09/htc-launches-the-hero-in-malaysia.html

SlideME: New Site Launched | August 28, 2009

SlideME has launched a new site with emphasis to improve the users online experience.

SlideME: SAM 2.9 Release | August 27, 2009

SlideME is pleased to announce SAM 2.9, a minor release of our mobile marketplace for Android applications. Features include user options of opening, re-downloading and deleting applications from within the storage locker.

This release also has important bug fixes for problems with auto-updating of newer versions of SAM and for login errors that some users experienced with the storage locker. SAM also now detects when the SD card is not available.

SlideME Announces SAM 2.3 and Paid Android Application Support (February 3, 2009)

The SlideME team has been hard at work behind the scenes in 2009 and we're pleased to announce that our efforts have paid off with the release of SAM 2.3. And paid off for us means paid out for Android developers – yes, SAM 2.3 introduces paid application support!

SAM 2.3 represents a giant leap forward for the SlideME community and the Android content provisioning world. SlideME continues its path of innovation in this exciting new market, bringing new opportunities to Android developers and great applications to Android users.

SAM 2.3 includes the following updates:

Billing

• No country restrictions on application purchases. Anyone can buy or sell.
• Global payment support via SlideCollect, including users paying via Amazon Payments accounts.
• High payout rates to content providers and developers; as high as 98 percent!
• Sales tax is legitimately applied to sales including all EU member countries.
• SlideME's Prepaid MasterCard – Developers worldwide can sign up for a SlideME debit card to receive payments, with no need for a bank account.

Security

• SlideME has partnered with Retail Decisions, a world leader in credit card fraud prevention, to prevent fraud and reduce chargebacks
• The Shopper Guarantee (SlideGuard) - All customers receive the Shopper Guarantee, ensuring them that they will receive their digital downloads via SAM or their money back.

SAM Client

• A new user interface
• Billing support
• Secure method support so shoppers never need to submit credit card details or other sensitive information to their handsets.

Digital Rights Management

• SlideLock has been released to protect your applications and prevent forwarding. Issues recently discovered with unprotected application copying from G1 devices are guarded against with the introduction of SlideLock. Embedded into your application to prevent forwarding to another device, SlideLock will provide an additional layer of protection to developers & content providers.

Infrastructure

• 24/7 support for developers and shoppers.
• High availability secured environment.
• Distributed content feeds from the SlideME repository to further promote content.

The SlideME team is proud to unveil SAM 2.3. We are committed to being ahead of the curve in the Android mobile content industry and look forward to bringing our developer and user communities more great innovations in 2009.



June 11, 2009
SlideME catalog and SAM available from within HTC's new Magic device for S.E Asia region. More regions coming soon.

http://techielobang.com/blog/2009/05/15/let-the-htc-magic-begins-media-coverage-...

http://www.androidarena.com/2009/03/27/android-gets-a-new-market/

http://androidup.com/2009/03/31/slideme-una-valida-alternativa-all-android-market/

http://androinica.com/2009/03/31/slideme-an-interesting-android-market-alternative/

http://www.androidworld.nl/slidemeorg-een-alternatief-voor-de-android-market/2548/

http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/blog/an-alternative-to-the-android-m...

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/36692
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/33850

http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090212/bs_prweb/prweb2035414

http://www.prweb.com/releases/android/slideme/prweb2035414.htm

http://www.pr.com/press-release/132004

http://phandroid.com/2008/05/27/googles-eric-chu-sheds-light-on-android/

http://androidguys.com/?p=860

http://androideum.blogspot.com/2008/04/slideme-android-content-provisioning.html

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