Google I/Oではアナウンスがなかったのですが、今しがたAndroid Marketのサポートから以下のメールが来ました。
日本でも無料アプリのリリースが出来るようになったようです。
転載しておきます。
Hi,
I'm writing to let you know that we have added checkboxes in the Android
Market publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish to target
free apps for the following countries: 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.
You can target one or more countries by selecting the individual
checkboxes or by choosing "All Current and Future Locations," which will
make your free apps appear to users in all countries where free apps are
available.
To help you better merchandise your apps to users in different markets, we
continue to add local language support for app titles and descriptions.
The complete set of languages that Android Market now supports is:
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Czech, Polish,
Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.
Thanks, and we look forward to continue working with you on Android
Market.
Eric Chu,
Android Market
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
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