据悉，美国移动运营商威瑞森（Verizon）自主经营的Android应用商店“V Cast Apps”将于本周正式开张，HTC Droid Incredible智能手机将成为首款可享用V Cast Apps服务的Android手机。

V Cast Apps-Android

威瑞森网站声明，“开发商可以继续提交审核应用，但要提醒各位注意，V Cast Apps采用运营商计费系统，用户从本应用商店购买的产品费用，将从该用户的每月话费中扣除。”

运营商计费系统被视为运营商在智能手机应用市场立足的一大武器，但是，这种策略却招来了美国业内的一片哗然，不少科技博客痛叱这个馊主意只会强迫用户接受无法轻易卸载的手机应用服务。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

US carrier Verizon Wireless will launch its Android app store this week, in a software update for owners of the HTC Droid Incredible smartphone.

It’s the first Android handset to get the V CAST Apps store, which rolled out on BlackBerry devices earlier this year.

“Developers continue to submit apps, and as a reminder, V CAST Apps allows carrier billing, so customers who purchase applications through our store will see those charges on their monthly bill,” explains Verizon on its website.

Carrier billing is emerging as a key weapon in operators’ hopes of gaining a foothold in the smartphone apps market with their own-brand stores.

However, their strategies are proving controversial particularly in the US, where tech blogs are railing at the idea of users being forced to accept apps and services on their phones that cannot be removed.（source:mobile-ent）