February 11, 2009
By Judy Mottl:
While Apple's found success with its iPhone App Store, Google may be hot on its heels.
When the Android-based G1 smartphone debuted six months ago, it was heralded as the biggest smartphone game changer since Apple's iPhone arrival in June 2007, thanks to the newcomer's open source platform and its powerful backer -- Google.
And while the Android has lagged in third-party application development since the G1's launch, it may be poised to close on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) wide lead in downloadable apps.That's if Android makes good on plans to begin adding paid applications to its Android Market store -- a move that could happen as soon as week's end, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that cited unnamed sources.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the primary mover behind the Open Handset Alliance, which officially oversees Android development, declined to elaborate on previously disclosed plans for paid apps.
"The only thing we've publicly announced is that paid applications are coming to Android Market in Q1 of 2009," a spokesperson from Google told InternetNews.com. The company initially revealed those plans in connection with the G1's introduction in late September, a month before the Android Market actually went live. The spokesperson declined additional comment and said the company would post any updates to Android's efforts on its developer blog....
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