It looks like Microsoft has kicked off a new promotion, one that could score you $25 worth of free Windows Phone apps. The offer seems simple enough, buy and activate a new Windows Phone device before the end of 2011 and get a pre-paid $25 app card in return. Basically, pick the phone and/or carrier more »

Last week HP offered a deal to TouchPad owners: a six pack of free apps for their discontinued tablets. Those free apps were gone in just a few hours. Today, HP is offering six more free apps for those who are fast enough to claim them. The six free apps this time include two apps more »

Sure, the Android Marketplace is nice and convenient and seems to be easy to use, but it does have one option missing that may make some developers stay away. The ability to charge for applications. We first heard that Handango was stepping up to take care of this issue a few weeks back and they have just officially confirmed the upcoming launch.

They will have their market available when the G1 launches on October 22 and users will be able to purchase the apps through a web interface and then download them directly to their handset for installation.