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Oct. 20, 2008

Smartphone applications provider Handango says it is to offer both free and paid applications for the first Android smartphone device.

The new initiative will offer the wireless industry and in particular mobile developers more freedom in the way they can develop new applications.

Open source mobile apps developers can now add Android applications directly to their Handango developer accounts and sell them in one of three ways:

Give the application away for free

Sell the application for a one-time purchase fee

Sell the app for a monthly or annual subscription fee

However, some select titles will be made available on Handango for the first Android smartphone, including The Weather Channel for Android, Voice on the Go, ShopSavvy, GoogHelper and a few more.

Handango also is sponsoring a contest to award the best free Android app and the best paid Android app uploaded to the Handango catalog.

Each winner is eligible to receive a $25,000 advertising allowance within Handango's numerous marketing initiatives, which include e-mail marketing, featured products on Handango.com, paid and natural search keywords and online advertising.

Winners will be awarded on Dec. 15, 2008.

T-Mobile USA is expected to launch its first commercial Android phone, the G1, on Wednesday.

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Source: Handago.