After months of hunting down Android phones in the market and finding the best deals, I have finally settled on the HTC Legend, which is a fantastic Android phone. However, there is a slight problem, it doesn't come with the Android Market App pre-installed! After several Google searches (do you see the irony in this?) I was unable to find any legit way of downloading the Android Market to my phone. Android phones distributed in the Middle East (or from the Middle East as I have found some EU countries also suffer from this problem) do not have the App installed as it is not supported in this region, and Google does not provide the App for download.
There are two ways to get around this:
Option 1: I found several users on various forums complaining about this problem. In order to fix this problem to resorted to rooting or flashing their phones' OS, something I do not recommend unless you know absolutely what your doing and also because it could void your phone's warranty.
Option 2: The easy option is to download free alternatives to Google's Android Market like SlideME or AndAppStore (mind the naughty apps). They may not have all the Apps found on Android Market but they are quickly catching up and might someday even exceed it. There are several other alternative markets out there but these two seem to be some of the more popular ones.
You can bide your time with these market apps and hope that the next update for your Android phone will contain the Android Market, or avoid the problem completely and import a phone you are sure will contain the App like the Nexus One.
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