Google reveals Android Market
App Store rival to see beta launch when handsets available
29 August 2008 11:32 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott
Google has revealed details of its plans for the mobile marketplace for Android applications - its direct competitor to Apple's seemingly successful App Store.
In a blog post on the developer's site for the mobile phone operating system, Eric Chu writes:
"I'm happy to share early details of Android Market - an open content distribution system that will help end users find, purchase, download and install various types of content on their Android-powered devices."
It seems Android developers will be able to make their content available to consumers on an open service that will feature a feedback and rating system that Chu describes as similar to YouTube.
In what's being seen as a dig at Apple, Chu states: "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".
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