Android may be climbing the charts when it comes to market share, and the Market may be quickly approaching
the 100,000 apps mark, but the whole thing is hardly a global
proposition. As of earlier this week, paid apps were able to be
purchased in just 14 countries, submitted by developers of just nine
nationalities. That changes now, with Google adding 20 countries to its
list of approved submitters, meaning developers living in 29 nations
are eligible to submit paid apps to the Market. Over the next two weeks
the purchasing of those apps will be flipped on for users in 18
countries, 32 in all that will have the "buy" button enabled -- music
to the ears of Java app developers everywhere. Which flags are newly
embracing app capitalism? We have the lists waiting for you below.
Here are the 20 new countries that are now allowed to sell apps:
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
Hong Kong
Ireland
Israel
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
And, here are the 18 new countries that will soon be able to buy them:
