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Amazon To Launch 'Amazon Appstore For Android'

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-the-party dept.

angry tapir writes "Amazon is preparing to open an Android app store to compete with Google's Android Market, and has launched a beta portal where developers can submit applications for Android-based smartphones. The applications will be sold on the Amazon Appstore for Android, which the company expects to launch later this year. At launch, the Appstore will be available for customers in the US, and it will be compatible with Android 1.6 and higher. Users will be able to shop for applications from their PCs, which isn't possible with the existing version of Android Market, or from their smartphones, and pay with their existing Amazon account."

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  1. Re:But why? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's the point? It's easy enough to share/sell an application on Google's Android App store...

    Wouldn't you want your app being recommended by Amazon while you're looking for seemingly releated stuff?

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  2. Re:But why? by punkrockguy318 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, and this Users will be able to shop for applications from their PCs, which isn't possible with the existing version of Android Market, or from their smartphones, and pay with their existing Amazon account. Didn't RTFS

  3. Did they also announce by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    when the first apps will be remotely removed from phones?

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  4. Re:Fragmentation by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So in addition to the hardware fragmentation, there will be store fragmentation too. Sounds great.

    Some call it "fragmentation" and some call it "competition"

    Unless you want everyone to carry exactly the same hardware, there is bound to be "fragmentation". Why don't they call it "fragmentation" when Chrysler parts don't fit on my Mazda?

    You would think that at some point, app programmers, who from what I can tell are the only ones complaining about "fragmentation" would be happy to see lots of different platforms because it means more opportunities.

    Maybe it would be easier if there were only one hardware platform for all cell phones and one hardware platform for all computers and one hardware platform for all cars. One operating system. One phone carrier. Then, life would be easy for the few hundred programmers and designers that would have jobs.

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