Is there an Android App Store like Apple's iTunes App Store?

[Red]

I don't have a Droid phone or anything yet, but would like to know if there's one central  Android App Store like Apple's iTunes App Store, that I can browse on my PC and see what's out there.

Or do you have to buy each individual Android App from the company that makes it?

Thanks.

[SavannahLion]

I don't have a Droid phone or anything yet, but would like to know if there's one central  Android App Store like Apple's iTunes App Store, that I can browse on my PC and see what's out there.

I don't know if it's like iTunes, but the URL is http://www.android.com/market/

Or do you have to buy each individual Android App from the company that makes it?

Thanks.

Ummm..... I guess so.... technically speaking....

You've got your freebies and the paypers. A lot of the freebies are ad supported. iTunes isn't much different in this regards.

I suppose to answer your question, I guess the individual developers get their money but you download most everything from the Android Market.

Then you've got "wild" apps that don't appear on the Android Market. The only one I found remotely interesting is K9 and it's on the Market already. There is also at least one known "virus" floating around. I believe you have to toggle a setting on the Android to allow these apps to run.

I guess it's not really all that different than say... CNet and the wild web in that regards.

Oh, and it's Android. Not Droid. Android is the name of the OS, Droid is the name of a series of phone that use the Android OS (I believe the Droid name is owned by Lucas so whatever). Unless of course, you actually meant to get a Droid, in that case, disregard this last comment.

[Blanka]

May I hook into this?
Is there already a good App-store alternative for the iPad/Pod/Phones? One without rules, better profit and that already has some serious market share? I have some must-have apps in the pipeline that I really feel to bypass Apple with.

[MonMotha]

There is a non-Apple store for iPhone/iPad apps, but I don't remember the name.  I don't even use the Android market (despite having an Android phone), and I don't have an iPad/iPhone.

HOWEVER, to use this non-Apple store, the device has to be "jailbroken".  The 3rd party store won't work on unhacked devices like most people have, and there's no way to install non-store apps other than using the SDK (which you have to pay for in order to get a signing key, and the key will only let you load unsubmitted apps on a small number of devices).  Apple locks those things down pretty hard.  As such, there's not a ton of momentum behind this 3rd party store.

[NiN^_^NiN]

For Android you have the market on the phone and you use google checkout to pay for the games/apps you buy but you can also get a refund as well the app is uninstalled and a refund is given if it's not what you wanted/expected.

You can't really browse the PC for apps you have the link that was given above but you can't actually hook the phone up and download the app from the market then transfer to the phone.

You can find an APK file which is the install file for apps and run that on your phone to install it can just transfer it to the sd card on the phone when it's plugged into the PC

But there isn't really an iTunes app that does it. There are some companies that make you pay for the app then they send you a link etc like gameloft

[Erikkl]

No... but you want to looking for a tool to manage your Android, I recommend Android Mobile Manager.

[Hoopz]

Funny how things change in four years. 

[keilmillerjr]

Funny how things change in four years.

Not much changed other than a graveyard bump for no reason.