Google announced Friday that it is now accepting priced applications from developers in the U.S. and the U.K. While the new functionality is only present in the previously mentioned regions, versions of the application store, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, and Spain will see priced application support added by the end of March. Developers can find more information about priced applications in Android Market's support page.

Google gives programmers 70 percent of Android app revenue, with the remainder going to wireless service carriers, minus billing settlement fees. Buyers and sellers must use Google Checkout to make their purchases

Until now, Android Market had only offered free applications. But Google has been working to improve it from its initial incarnation. "Android Market is able to distinguish among different Android devices. As devices are released, Android Market will ensure that users only see applications that will work correctly on their devices," Google said.

In other Android news, security researcher Charlie Miller told attendees at the SchmooCon hacker conference that he found security vulnerability in the platform that could let hackers take control of a user's multimedia functions.

Google said it was notified of the flaw prior to the public disclosure, and Android was patched two days later in the source code repository. Google said the patch will be pushed to T-Mobile G1 users at T-Mobile's discretion, and it was not included in the recent RC33 firmware upgrade. This is the second Android bug involving the browser that has been exposed, which could raise some concerns about security.