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| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 31st Aug 2008 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersWe still have plenty more IFA news to bring you, but this rather interesting story has broken during our time in Germany...
Showing it is taking the battle directly to Apple's iPhone 3G, Google has announced a third party application store called 'Android Market' which will be accessible on all Android handsets.
Just as with the iPhone's App Store users will be able to download and install applications from Android Market directly onto their handset as well as leave feedback and ratings. Developers will also be thrilled to hear Google will be sticking to the principle of its OS by making Market an open service.
Naturally, how such a notion will run in practice if/when apps appear which break laws/copyrights remains to be seen but we can't deny this is an exciting, if anticipated, development. First Android handset(s) - ie the Dream - will ship with a beta version of Android Market such is its newness but then again Google is a company which loves running never ending betas - after all, Google Mail is somehow still in one!
An update to Android Market soon after launch will then follow bringing full support for paid applications so all you impoverished coders out there - if you haven't already - get tapping away.
2009 is shaping up to be one heck of a smartphone rumble...
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Gordon said on 1st September 2008
Juxtah said on 1st September 2008
I'm not an Apple fan, but I was referring to the bit of text under the article title
"Wonder where it got that idea... "
Which makes it... more
Gordon said on 1st September 2008
@Juxtah - fair point, but again there is a difference between someone thinking up the idea originally and a company being influenced to actually do it when it proves popular off th... more
Juxtah said on 1st September 2008
@Gordon - I kind of agree, however due to the open nature of Android I don't think they ever had a plan not to include some kind of database of all user created content. As I ... more
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@Juxtah - it certainly wasn't Apple's original idea, but they certainly popularised it and have pushed it into the mainstream causing other manufacturers to follow. That... more