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Google Lets Developers Into The Android Marketplace

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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The Android Market Is Officially Open

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

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