Mogees already launched an SDK for Google’s Android Market last November; I would expect to see similar offerings for popular smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and the Palm Pre. There are already ways to make money from mobile applications, but they tend to fall into three broad camps — mobile advertising, making customers pay up front to use the app, or some combination of free and premium products. Mogees says there are other possibilities, such as shareware (free trials), subscriptions, and virtual goods, and it wants to enable all of them.
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By the way, I’ve asked the company for specifics about the success of the Android SDK, but haven’t heard back yet.
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