Android Marketplace's In-App Billing Finally Out To Consumers Next Week

In what may kick off a financial boom for Android developers, Google said today that in-app billing will finally roll out to consumers next week. The feature, announced in January, has been in beta for the last two months.

Google’s in-app billing comes at a time when mobile developers are moving away from paid apps to free ones selling virtual goods; nearly half of the top-grossing apps on iOS are now free. But Android developers have yet to offer in-app purchases because Google has delayed the launch of in app billing for several months. Coupled