Android to offer Application Store in the future

By Nicole Lee on 02 June 2008

Tags: android | applications | google | mobile phone | store

Could the Market icon be a shortcut to the application store? (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News.com)

According to Android project leader, Andy Rubin, Google might offer an application store &mdash similar to the one for the iPhone &mdash for its Android mobile operating system sometime in the near future.

The Register reports that Rubin is interested in a safe-and-secure venue where customers can purchase and download applications so that developers can get paid for their software. Of course, seeing as Android prides itself on being an open operating system, we're sure you'll still be able to get open-source applications for free from other venues, but having one centralised application store would definitely make Android devices more appealing. We certainly look forward to new applications that will be able to make full use of the touch-screen abilities of the Android OS.

Are you looking forward to the release of Google's Android? Do you think it will revolutionise mobile devices? Leave us a message below with your thoughts, or post a comment on the forums.

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