Android, my friends, will have it’s own App Store. From the blog post:
That’s why today 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. The concept is simple: leverage Google’s expertise in infrastructure, search and relevance to connect users with content created by developers like you.
Developers will be able to make their content available on an open service hosted by Google that features a feedback and rating system similar to YouTube. 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. Similar to YouTube, content can debut in the marketplace after only three simple steps: register as a merchant, upload and describe your content and publish it. We also intend to provide developers with a useful dashboard and analytics to help drive their business and ultimately improve their offerings.
More as we get it.
YESSSSS. This is going to completely PUMMEL the iPhone App Store that won’t even let a TETRIS CLONE have breathing room on their site. GIVE me a freaking BREAK.
http://AndroidForums.com
There is going to be so much shit on this service. At first it will start out nice, because only people will good intent will develop programs. But then it will overflow with loads of pointless crapware. Think of youtube. Was great, now its a bit worse, and quite frankly, it gets worse everyday.