Android Market is Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone App Store— it is where owners of phones that support the Android operating system, such as the T-Mobile G-1 with Google or the new Samsung I7500, can purchase applications for their smartphones. The main difference, besides the manufacturer, is that the Android Market makes available applications made by third party developers without having them cleared first.
When it comes to sheer volume of applications, the iPhone is currently in the lead, partly because it has been around longer than phones supporting the Android OS. Android seeks to change this, by allowing developers to upload their applications, create a description for them, and make them immediately available to the public via Android Market. For iPhone users, Apple first reviews new applications, deciding whether or not to include them in their App Store. This potentially limits the number and range of applications available for the iPhone. This makes the Android Market more developer-friendly and could, over time, allow Android users a much wider and ever-changing selection of applications to choose from for their smartphones.
Another plus for those with phones supporting Android over iPhone users is that if Apple decides to eliminate a particular application, they can immediately delete the app from your iPhone using a universal network delete key. Having applications suddenly deleted without warning from your phone is not a problem Android users have to worry about. As the Android Market continues to expand, there should be plenty of new developments to discuss in the future.
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