MojoKid writes "Right now the only real 'competition' to Apple's App Store is the Android Market. Presently, anyone using an Android-based phone can program applications from the Android Market, which first started contribution free applications in October '08. A drawback to Android form developers, however, is the fact that the unrealized Android Market user base is fairly small right now, as there is nowadays only one Android phone available, the T-Mobile G1. However, in the coming months we're also going to see more app stores come online for supplementary


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