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Google’s Tim Bray mentioned in a short post on the Android Developers Blog that the Android team is working on “introducing new payment options” for the Android Market. Based on the portions of the Developer Agreement that are changing, the change will most likely involve a wider roll out of carrier billing as an option when we purchase apps.
T-Mobile is the only carrier that allows its customers to put app charges on their monthly phone bill. Given that the Developer Agreement changes usually take effect in 30 days, the guess is that the changes are at least a month out.
Sources:
http://androidspin.com/2010/07/24/android-market-adding-new-payment-options/
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/24/payment-options-android-market/
Tags: Android, android market, Carrier Billing, Google, T-Mobile