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Fortunately, Eric Chu outlined some concrete details on the future of the Android Market for end users and developers. With Android Market, users can easily download apps to their Android-powered phone. Users can also rate the apps they've downloaded and leave comments. These users' ratings along with anonymous usage statistics help determine how apps are ranked and presented within Android Market. There are a few interesting things here, as it seems there was a perception that it would be completely free and developers would get to keep all the profit from their creations. The application fee is perfectly acceptable, but it's a bit disappointing that developers get the same amount of revenue in the Android Market as they do from Apple's App Store. I'm sure that it's necessary, though, as the carriers aren't in business to give away free service. Regardless, I'm looking forward to some innovative Android apps. Any G1 users out there yet? What's your favorite app and what apps are you looking forward to? « Who Has The Most Energy-Efficient Data Centers, Google Or Microsoft? | Main | Now How Much Would You Pay (For Linux)? » |
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