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There comes a time for nearly every Droid user wherein trying to install an app, you’ll find it just won’t happen if you don’t live in a supported country. Whenever there’s an issue to be solved – at least from an Android perspective – the talented brains gracing the XDA are usually on hand with the antidote. On this occasion, it comes in the form of Senior Member Deeco7, who’s put together a modified Google Play Store .APK, rendering those annoying country restrictions as a thing of the past. Once installed, you’ll be able to download whatever you want from Google’s recently-renamed mobile app hub – providing, of course, that your device is compatible. Installation Guide: 1.Download the apk from original thread over at XDA 2.put the apk on the phone ,don't use adb install *.apk in won't work it will say it already exists 3.Open the apk from the phone using a File explorer (e.g. ES File Explorer/Root explorer) 4.it will ask you if you want to replace the current market,press yes.5 .wait for install and voila you have the new market NOTE: this method replaces the old market. I haven't tested this personally. May or may not work for everybody. If there is any problem report it to XDA topic thread. Troubleshoot: If you have download problem after Installing new market do this " Connect your phone to your computer, set in usb mass storage mode. Look for a hidden folder called ".android_ secure" and then delete the file "smdl2tmp1 .asec". Unmount and you should be good to go." DISCLAIMER: Proceed with caution and at your own risk. Rimweb or Me should not be held responsible for any loss of data or any damage to your phone as a result of you following this tutorial. Source : Redmond Pie & Xda

The Android Market is dead Google has just announced that the Android Market is out, at least in name, replaced by the more wide-reaching Google Play. With the rebranding, Google hopes to showcase that the Android Market has grown beyond the application marketplace the current name entails. They’ve since added Google Books, Google Music, and Movies to the foray, and wanted a way to consolidate those efforts under a single brand name. Starting today, customers who visit the Android Market website will begin to be redirected to the Google Play store. Those feeling adventurous or simply wanting to check out what Google Play has in store for you can point your browsers to play.google.com to check out the new branding. Though the branding certainly closely mirrors what is currently found on Google’s Android Market web front, the new Google Play focuses on the other services Google features, since most people who visit Google’s web store are likely there to search for music, movies, or books. The Google Play change will occur on the web version of the market today, and will be pushed out to Android smartphones and tablets over the next week or so. Your experience with Google Play will also vary depending on where you’re located. quoting the Official Google Blog: Google now seeks to promote the change by offering a sale on 25 popular apps. The price of these apps, mostly games, have been cut to 49 cents and includes Endomondo Sports Tracker. Among the games that are now available at 49 cents are EA's Dead Space and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, N.O.V.A. 2 from Gameloft, Full Fat's NFL Flick Quarterback, and Asphalt 6 : Adrenaline from GameLoft. For those who like to dabble with third party virtual QWERTY keyboards, the SwiftKey X Keyboard is also 49 cents. For a complete list of apps on sale, visit this link. This rebranding will however be not limited to only the web version but will make its way onto Android based mobiles/tablets pretty soon as well. Android market, Google Music and Google eBook store had already replaced with Google Play store. For example, Android market redirects to Google Play Store, Google eBook store redirects to Google Play Book Store and Google Music redirects to Google Play Music Store. Since Google Music and Google ebook store are not available in India, Google Play will be redesigned and rebranded Android Market. The new app Google Play shall soon be rolling to all Android devices running on 2.2 Froyo and above through OTA (Over the air) in phased manner. Source : Google Play via Intomobile