by David Heyerman on October 27, 2008
- Google just announced today that they’ll be letting app developers add applications to the Android Marketplace from now on.
- Developers must pay a one time $25 registration fee.
- Pay-to-use applications will charge the developers a 30% transaction fee which will go exclusively to carriers and payment processors. Google will not be raking in any transaction fees.
- Free apps have no transaction fee.
Mash, Google
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by David Heyerman on October 22, 2008
- Coming along with today’s launch of the T-Mobile G1, Google’s Android market is now open to the public.
- The market has right over fifty apps that users can download at the current moment.
- Quite a small number as compared to Apple’s App Store, launching with around 500 apps.
- It was just reported that Google has trimmed that number of 50 down to only 13 apps.
- Check out jason’s intriguing recent post dealing with skepticism regarding the new G1 here.
Engadget, Mashable
by glu on September 22, 2008
- T-Mobile will reveal the first commercially available Google Android device at a grand ceremony in New York tomorrow. Steve Jobs declined to bring his trademark BOOM to the event, but Fake Steve Jobs is available.
- Not since the Sidekick has TMo had a must-have device and even then, despite its superior messaging capabilities, the lacking featureset made it a “pass” for business and power users. The Google Phone has the potential to be the all-purpose device for TMo that the iPhone is for AT&T.
- As Om notes, TMo’s 3G frequencies are slightly different than the rest which could be beneficial for TMo as it would prevent unlocked versions of the device from detracting from their much needed subscriber boost.
If the Google Phone/G1/Dream/Whatever is the breakthrough device we all hope it will be, will you switch to T-Mobile?
Made tiny from: GigaOm original post
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