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Information Technology News Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge
Information Technology News Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge | Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 29 August 2008 | |
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The first Android phone is tipped to arrive in mid-September - the HTC Dream G1 reportedly coming first to T-Mobile in the US - despite earlier reports suggesting a late 2008/early 2009 debut. But getting the phone into people's hands is one thing, making it easy to find, download and install applications is another. Apple's success with the App Store - combined with some of the shortcomings observed by developers - has provided the Android team with a template. Eric Chu, mobile platform program manager at Google, said "we feel that developers should have an open and unobstructed environment to make their content available." The point being that - unlike Apple - Google does not intend to act as a gatekeeper for Android apps. Anyone will be able to register as a merchant and then upload programs and other types of content to the Android Market. What's in store for Android Market? See page two. |
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