Welcome to the rest of the world
UK mobile users got a big extra dose of online auction fun today with the announcement that eBay has made its apps for Android and the iPad, as well as its selling app, available in Blighty.
This means you no longer need to be tied to your PC to make and follow bids on eBay of your a Brit who doesn't have an iPhone. We fall into that category and can confirm that the app installed just fine on our Android phone.
And it looks like this development was long overdue. "The popularity of eBay's mobile shopping applications is quickly spreading across multiple geographies," said Steve Yankovich, VP of mobile at eBay.
"More than half of eBay's mobile gross merchandise volume comes from outside of the United States. As we seek to reduce friction in commerce, we are taking advantage of the unique features of each mobile platform. In the case of our Android app, we're leveraging the Android's voice search capabilities to make searching easier and faster."
The selling app is still iPhone-only, though. "We are enabling eBay users around the world to window shop through the iPad and sell in seconds on the iPhone," said Yankovich. And Android still doesn't get a helpful vid.
