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
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