THE FIRST THIRD-PARTY ANDROID STORE
Handango just made a brilliant, counter-intuitive move. This independent provider of applications for BlackBerry devices as well as for Windows Mobile- and Symbian-based smartphones just launched its own marketplace for applications for phones based on Android software.
At first glance, the move is surprising. After all, Android heavyweight Google has promised to launch Android Market, where developers will be able to peddle free software. Eventually, the Market will sell paid applications, too. Eventually — but not right the way.