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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Amazon's Android Appstore launches in Europe: will Kindle Fire tablet follow?

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now live for smartphones and tablets in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain

Amazon Appstore launched their Android applications in five European countries, fueling speculation that the company tablet Kindle Fire is about to cross the Atlantic as well.

the AppStore is live in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, offering applications free and paid apps for smartphones and tablets, as in the United States since its launch in March 2011.

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free application of the day are also making the jump with Rovio premium (ie without advertising) version of Angry Birds for the first treatment, followed Plants vs. Zombies by PopCap. Zombies. Amazon makes its own Android Appstore available in these countries, so that people can view and download on their devices.

Amazon also promises to focus on locally relevant applications, with 20 minutes of UK Zolmo Meals Jamie Oliver launch applications get a boost in-store promotional and Skyscanner, Slumdog Millionaire Cut and rope.

"Customers in the U.S. bought thousands of applications, games, in-app subscriptions and items from the store launched last year, and we received great feedback on the discovery functions as Free App of the day, "says the president of Amazon, Amazon Appstore VP Jim Adkins said in a statement.

"Amazon has spent years developing innovative features that help customers find and discover products that suit them, and apply this knowledge to the Amazon Appstore. We are delighted to extend this experience to our European customers. "

store launch paves the way for the European launch of the Kindle Fire tablet based on Android, which is available only in the United States since its launch in November 2011.

press for the European launch Appstore Developer cites a number of approval: Zolmo, Rovio, Glu Mobile, and TinyCo Skyscanner. However, the store has not been without controversy between community development applications.

In April 2011, the body of the gaming industry IGDA has sent a "serious warning" to its members warn some of the policies of your presentation to Amazon, criticizing the way that it reserved the right to change the price or even free-fall applications at any time, developers pay 70% of the purchase price or 20% of the original list.

"While many other retailers, both physical and digital, also exert control on the price of products in their markets, we are not aware of any other retailer having a formal policy paying a supplier just 20% of the supplier's price list minimum without permission of the supplier, "said the letter from the IGDA, at that time, the.

While many developers have registered to shop happily with eyes wide open to the policy, certain types of bonuses - applications books, for example, should be a good option for the Kindle Fire - ;. were more reluctant publishers
"f went to sign the contract with them that we wanted to achieve, despite the price of our securities may be reduced to zero if you want," Touch Press CEO Max Whitby told the Guardian in December 2011.