In a move that could further stimulate the interest of developer platform, Google said in its event honeycomb this morning would be closer in-app purchases Android. The new revenue stream is available for developers at the end of the first quarter and can take as little as five days to implement. In-app purchases Android will include many virtual goods including new levels for the games, virtual goods in such as FarmVille in new music tracks for the just-announced Tap Tap Revenge 4. Billing options include Visa, MasterCard and American Express, and I think that they mentioned the carrier of the billing support. PayPal and Google Checkout do appear on the list of options in this screenshot, but they are also likely candidates.
The move should help to boost the ailing Android market. While the store has more than 200,000 apps, many reports indicate that users do not buy as many programs on the Apple App Store, but that can change with a store on the web now in the image. If content creators can not earn so much money on Android, then they will be naturally gravitate toward the Apple iPhone, even if little green robot has more users. The ability to make in-app purchases will change I hope that this dynamic, or at least the same it out since Apple had for two years. RIM is not far behind on that front, having launched just in-app pruchases in BlackBerry App world today.
However, it is a competitive Pan, purchases-app is good news for devs looking for a source of income and end-users looking to expand the capabilities of their applications without downloading any new programs. The Android Market has many free applications, and combined with ad support, in-app purchases could help them begin to make decent money. We just see how developers take advantage of the option when it rolls out at the end of the quarter.
