Online Google Store for Games n Apps-Android Market Launched

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On the lines of Apple store Android has also started its own online store called Android Market. It is an online software store developed by Google for Android devices. An app called “Market” is preinstalled on some Android devices and allows users to browse and download applications published by third-party developers, hosted on Android Market.

The website itself, rather than the Market app, only provides details of a very limited subset of available apps in terms of those that are termed “Featured”, “Top Paid” and “Top Free”A highlighted set of apps and games available in Android Market.

Check out this link for some of the more popular applications and games available in Android Market. But for a full comprehensive, up-to-date list of the thousands of titles, you will need to view Android Market on a handset.

Note: Priced applications are currently only available to Android Market users in the following countries:

Country	Can Purchase Apps	Developers can sell apps
Australia	Optus users are unable to view or purchase paid apps	No
Austria	Yes	Yes
France	Yes	Yes
Germany	Yes	Yes
Italy	Yes	Yes
Japan	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Yes	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes
United States	Yes	Yes