WARNING….really bad formatting follows!  I’ll try and make it a little nicer when I get a chance.

Could it be true???

This is what I got after I filled out the form with my private data.  The Merchant form is accessed off of  my main Android Developers page.  This is what the invitation looks like…

I haven’t figured out how to put a price in for an application yet, or if you can…but we are very close.  Guess I know what I’ll be doing with my free time this weekend!  The deck has been shuffled, the hands have been delt, how are you going to play yours??

(Update)

From the email I got from Android Market Support, it looks like the charging of apps will start mid next week.  I’m assuming that’s why I can’t actually put a price towards my apps yet.

From the email:

“Initially, priced applications will be available to end users in the US starting mid next week.”

Other news from the email, the Android Market will be open in Australia soon (Feb 15th) and Singapore in the coming weeks.

Also, paid apps are only supported in the US and UK Android Markets, but other countries will be coming online this quarter.  Another, quote from the email:

“We will also enable developers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, and Spain to offer priced applications later this quarter.  By the end of Q1 2009, we will announce support for developers in additional countries.”

I’m pretty syched about this code.  It took some figuring out and some hunting and asking questions on Google’s Android forum.  But thanks to the following posts

 File permissions for world read/write

SQLite3 sql command to show tables in database

I pieced together the beginnings of some code that will take an Android SQLite db and export it to XML data within a file on the SD Card.  This has a couple potential uses,

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Trying out the feature in PostBot which let’s you add an image to your post.

Thanks to @bakebrain on Twitter I’m writing this post on my HTC G1 via PostBot. Let’s see how it does.

I got the following post in my news reader from the Google Android Blog,

It’s no Cupcake, but T-Mobile G1 customers will receive newer firmware this week. Starting Thursday, February 5, T-Mobile will send subscribers an over-the-air update that adds:

Google Voice Search
The ability to save MMS messages/files
A feature that searches for system updates
Bug fixes and new features that address known issues

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Thanks to Christina’s article at Download Squad I now know that I can use the DDMS tool to capture screen shots directly from the phone.  I haven’t used the tool much because I usually just use the console and ./adb logcat to display logs.  Guess I should have dug a little deeper into what the tool can do, just shows that an old dog can learn new tricks!