28th August, 2008
The Android version of the App Store, the Android Market, has been announced:
Developers will be able to make their content available on an open service hosted by Google that features a feedback and rating system similar to YouTube. We chose the term "market" rather than "store" because we feel that developers should have an open and unobstructed environment to make their content available.
It will be available as a beta version on the first handsets and will only allow for free applications. On a later version paid content will be allowed along with other features like versioning, multiple device profiles and, analytics.