AdMob launches ad units for Android with its Android SDK

AdMob – the San Mateo-based company currently which according to CNET works with over 6, 000 mobile sites and 450 iPhone applications has announced today the release of Android advertising SDK as well. It is reported that the first test applications to utilize the ad units are AccuWeather (a weather application), TapJoy(has 2 gaming applications on the market), and Jirbo (major gaming developer in the iPhone market)

AdMob has already reported servermore than 27 million ads on mobile websites with requests coming from the Android platform in December 2008. The long awaited solution has arrived. Even though Android Market will soon have option for paid applications, AdMob is not discouraged:

“At some point in the next few quarters, Google will enable payment services for Android, but for now, app developers have no way to profit from building Android applications. Even once paid apps are available, we believe many free apps will still choose to monetize with ads – just like we’ve seen with iPhone apps.”

AdMob, incorporated in April 2006, has already established itself as the leading advertising platform in mobile space and has recently closed a series B funding round with $15.7M, lead by sequoia capital. Doing so, in this economical downtime, means a lot in terms of belief in the future potential.

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  • http://www.inteism.com inteist

    The SDK, is nowhere to be found on the admob website = not open to the public yet.

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