Right now the Google I/O Developer conference in San Francisco is being held. At this conference, Google announced that there will be 18 Android phones in the market by the end of 2009. With just two phones out, of which the HTC Magic is not even globally released yet, this is big.
These 18 phones will be made by 8 or 9 different manufacturers. So behind HTC and Samsung, a lot more is coming. Android now has a market share of 1%, but is already delivering 3% of all mobile internet usage. And this is with just 2 devices. Imagine what will happen with 18 phones in the next months.
Today, Google also added support for free apps in Android Market for Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Greece, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan:
Please note that these markets do not yet have Android devices but we expect them to become available soon. (Google’s Eric Chu)
So expect some of the 18 new devices going to market in these countries very soon. Developers can already make their applications available in Android Market, so there are present at launch in these countries.
Vincent Hoogsteder
Great, can’t wait to see it coming to Denmark
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