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Android Market Might Be Even Bigger Mess Than Apple’s App Store

1:37AM September 24, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

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Android Market is officially out of the bag. The application store for Google’s Android mobile phones only contains free software for now and there is no approval process for the software: it’s an open content distribution system. The structure is similar to the iPhone App Store, with a rating system similar to YouTube’s. Google is touting their experience as a search engine and infrastructure provider as advantages to Apple’s store, but would that be really useful if everyone and their dogs can submit their flashlight apps?