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• Controversy erupts over possible MS mobile app fee

  Microsoft may charge developers if they submit within a year more than five applications or application updates to the Windows Mobile Marketplace, a move that has some developers concerned that the store won't be able to compete with the iPhone App Store or the Android Market.

• Google blocks paid apps for unlocked G1 users

  People who bought an unlocked version of the Android G1 phone are no longer allowed to download new paid applications from the Market, after a change Google made late last week.

• 'I am Richer' app appears in Android store

  For a cool US$200, Android G1 users can buy at least one app that iPhone users can't: the "I am Richer" application.