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Amazon App Store

http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b/ref=sa_menu_adr_app1?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
It's live now. So yeah, pretty much sign up and get Angry Birds Rio free, this offer expires tonight.
The concept of 'free paid app of the day' is pretty interesting.

i dont understand whats the point of the android app store

tankmaster90 said:
i dont understand whats the point of the android app store
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Basically its just amazon trying to make money

About the Amazon Appstore for Android
Why Amazon Appstore for Android? The Amazon Appstore for Android is a place where you can get a paid app for free every day, view app recommendations based on your past purchases from Amazon, and shop using Amazon's trusted payment technology. You can also test apps on a simulated Android phone using a feature called “Test Drive.” You can shop from your computer, or directly on your phone or internet tablet.
Save on the Apps You Love Our recurring "A paid app for free. Every day." promotion gives all registered users an opportunity to download a new paid app for free every day. You can download the app from your PC, your mobile device, or your internet tablet.
Buying Apps In order to purchase applications from the Amazon Appstore and download them to your device, you will need to have the Amazon Appstore application installed on your phone. To get this, follow the instructions on the left of this page. To purchase paid apps, you will need to have an Amazon account set up with either your credit card or bank information (or both). All paid app purchases will be automatically charged to the card associated with your account and you will receive a receipt for each app purchase.
About the Amazon Appstore
Free App of the Day: Our "Free App of the Day" lets you get a paid app for free every day from your computer, your Android phone, or your tablet.
Test Drive: You can try some of our apps before buying them with our Test Drive feature. Test Drive lets you use the actual app, running on a simulator and controlled by your computer. Look for the "Test Drive now" button throughout the Amazon Appstore.
Reviews and recommendations: Check the star-rating on Android apps and read what other customers are saying about them. Get app recommendations based on your previous purchases and browsing history at Amazon.com.
1. Amazon Appstore downloads are only available to customers located in the United States and only work on Android mobile and internet tablet devices. To redeem a gift card for Amazon Appstore downloads, you must have opened an Amazon account and must accept the Terms of Use for the Amazon Appstore service.
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The K-Zoo Kid said:
Basically its just amazon trying to make money
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That may be a role in it but I don't see it as a bad thing. It has its pro and cons:
Pros:
- Google sees this as a threat and significantly improves their app market. (Competition... something that AT&T / T-Mobile doesn't value -_-; incoming Market War? In the end it'll cause the two companies to improve their market/app store whatever you want to call it)
- 15 Minute Trial? Nawww.
Google's Android Market lets you return apps for a full refund within the first 15 minutes after you buy. Apple, by comparison, does not allow for trial periods on iOS devices. Amazon is taking a similar approach to Google by letting you test drive apps on your PC. "You control the app with your mouse and experience it like you would on your phone," Amazon's Test Drive Apps page reads. The feature lets you try the app within your browser before you decide to buy. This feature appears to be reserved for some of the more popular titles and may not be available for all apps.
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^^ winner?
- Some apps are cheaper on Amazon App Store than the Market.
- Free Paid App of the Day (free paid apps? with permanent updates? huge winner -- at least i believe its permanent updates)
- Countries that don't have access to the Android Market are able to buy apps and get free apps.
Cons:
- Possible that more companies will start their own "App Store" and Android will be more spreaded out in terms of App Markets.
just some of the things on top of my head.

And the worst part is that it's unavailable in several countries.
I couldn't care less about Amazon, but I do want Angry Birds Rio.

zephiK said:
Cons:
- Possible that more companies will start their own "App Store" and Android will be more spreaded out in terms of App Markets.
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Depends if they want to be sued also. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110322/tc_nm/us_apple_amazon_lawsuit

The K-Zoo Kid said:
Basically its just amazon trying to make money
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i'll only buy direct from Android Market
i'll not trust any other entity trying to make profit

TheRomMistress said:
Depends if they want to be sued also. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110322/tc_nm/us_apple_amazon_lawsuit
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Microsoft has already started appealing the term "app store" awhile back. So Amazon would be on Microsoft's side. And I would agree with Microsoft that the term "app store" is too generalized.
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2011...tore-a-trademark-that-microsoft-also-opposes/
The Seattle area’s two tech giants, Amazon.com and Microsoft, find themselves on the same side today—battling a trademark claim by Apple. As expected, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Tuesday that it was indeed opening its new Appstore for Android, despite a recent federal lawsuit by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) claiming trademark infringement of that company’s App Store brand.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been opposing Apple’s attempt to secure the App Store brand name for a while now, but in a different venue—an appeal with federal trademark regulators.
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And since we're on Android... I'm going to go ahead and assume that we all want Amazon/Microsoft to win this lawsuit. Not being a fan boy or anything, but I hate Apple's guts when it comes to making lawsuits on patents/etc.
Besides, in most court cases.. even if they lose. So what? it would either end up in the following ways:
A) Amazon pays money to Apple and continues using 'App Store.'
B) Renames it to something else.
@AllGamer: You don't have to use Amazon App Store to make purchases. You could just simply use it to get 'Free Paid Apps of the Day'
But Amazon is pretty trustworthy. Huge successful corporations. I personally just did it to get Angry Birds Rio and gotta say... the graphics in Rio are much more superb than the original Angry Birds & Angry Birds Seasons.
In the end, the developer of the app/game is still getting paid. Thats what really matters.... isn't it?

For some reason it won't let me get Rio. It says I need to add a payment method to my one-click settings, which I checked and there is a payment method...

lfmmoura said:
And the worst part is that it's unavailable in several countries.
I couldn't care less about Amazon, but I do want Angry Birds Rio.
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Edit: Link removed - sorry.

Rewtor said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004186
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Could be considered warez, since it is supposed to be limited to US and only free for a limited time...

tekkitan said:
Could be considered warez, since it is supposed to be limited to US and only free for a limited time...
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Yeah, I reported that thread when I first saw it. It is considered warez.
Unauthorized distribution.
EDIT: Looks like the mods deleted the thread.

I shall remove it then
EDIT: Been beaten to it.

tekkitan said:
For some reason it won't let me get Rio. It says I need to add a payment method to my one-click settings, which I checked and there is a payment method...
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I figured this out in case anyone runs into the same issue. Apparently you can't use your Amazon store card (the non-Visa card) as a payment option for the app store. I put in one of my credit cards and it works now.

The free paid app of the day looks like groupon concept.

cubewalker said:
The free paid app of the day looks like groupon concept.
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Well.. it's a very good one Hopefully we'll see some significant changes from Google to their market. Maybe incorporate some of their ideas into the official market.
Today's free paid app, the poker game didn't really appeal to me so I didn't bother with getting it.
Really liking the changes done in Angry Birds Rio.
Seems like a lot of people are leaving poor feedback on a lot of these apps/games when they aren't bad :|

- Countries that don't have access to the Android Market are able to buy apps and get free apps.
yha great.
that would be,if it would actually be available in every country....
and i still dont see the use of it as long as you still need to use a credit card!
ill stick with the android market for now.

ghost010 said:
- Countries that don't have access to the Android Market are able to buy apps and get free apps.
yha great.
that would be,if it would actually be available in every country....
and i still dont see the use of it as long as you still need to use a credit card!
ill stick with the android market for now.
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well its still relatively new, im sure it'll expand.
everything you buy online requires a credit card or debit card.. i dont get your point? some apps on the "app store" are cheaper than the market... very slightly but it doesnt hurt

I found a way to order items from amazon free!

Not exactly free, but using this, and a little work, you can get anything for free.
The service is called points 2 shop, and using this service, you can earn points by completing surveys (trust me, these are easy [I hate annoying surveys]), by playing games, and lots of other ways. Approximately 100 points is 1 USD, and your selection of items is the whole amazon catalog.
Points2shop special url MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
[/URL]By signing up with the above link, you start with 250 points. If you are unsure of the service, you can order for 1 USD to be sent by mail to you. FRee!

krackers said:
[/URL]By signing up with the above link, you start with 250 points and I get more points because it is a reference link, and I was too lazy to read the rules that prohibit reference links.. If you are unsure of the service, you can order for 1 USD to be sent by mail to you. FRee!
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As above, read the forum rules. No referral/affiliate links allowed. Link also removed from your signature.

Full Fledged Google play access for everyone outside US [NO ROOTING]

Hi I just figured out a way to get unrestricted access to google books , magazine, movies and TV from outside the US. {I am from india}
It involves no rooting or side loading. I am editing the video on how to get it done, will upload as soon as i finish. you will get the $25 free credit too using the following work around.... wait for it....

madhavkishore said:
Hi I just figured out a way to get unrestricted access to google books , magazine, movies and TV from outside the US. {I am from india}
It involves no rooting or side loading. I am editing the video on how to get it done, will upload as soon as i finish. you will get the $25 free credit too using the following work around.... wait for it....
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i assume it involves using a US VPN?

Plus you need a US credit card in order to buy any of the said magazines, books, movies etc... So it's pointless.

heh, I just want the $25 credit!!

Not really,
i'm out of USA, and could buy a movie and a book with a US VPN + International credit card.
Just give a US Zip code, the billing address vs register are not checked.
but my problem is: when i back to my N7 or my Gnexus i couldn't see the movie because it recognize that i'm out of US (My Google play movie version ends with "br").

boto said:
Not really,
i'm out of USA, and could buy a movie and a book with a US VPN + International credit card.
Just give a US Zip code, the billing address vs register are not checked.
but my problem is: when i back to my N7 or my Gnexus i couldn't see the movie because it recognize that i'm out of US (My Google play movie version ends with "br").
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Yes it works but I have seen people with suspended wallet accounts because of these fake addresses. People were crying even on this forum because of this issue. Not everyone face this problem but probably they do random checks.
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saadi703 said:
Yes it works but I have seen people with suspended wallet accounts because of these fake addresses. People were crying even on this forum because of this issue. Not everyone face this problem but probably they do random checks.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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good to know, i will take off my "fake" address, i have no reason to keep it if i couldn't see what i'm buying...
the way is wait for google decide to sell stuff in my country...

SlideME

Is slideme.org still alive? The approval process seems to take forever.

SlideME is for sure alive but some apps may need more time for approval or awaiting developers to make corrections if App is in denied state as per the Application Approval Process.
If you submitted your app on weekend, you will need to wait till Monday for it to be reviewed.
Once applications get approved they appear within the SlideME Market (SAM) app and those that stand out, get also featured within SAM.
If an app is in forbidden state, unfortunately such apps are not open for appeal.
UPDATE: If we found your submission and if it "timesheet-free" is your application, then this app is not even "Published" for it to be reviewed.

slideme-sam said:
SlideME is for sure alive but some apps may need more time for approval or awaiting developers to make corrections if App is in denied state as per the Application Approval Process.
If you submitted your app on weekend, you will need to wait till Monday for it to be reviewed.
Once applications get approved they appear within the SlideME Market (SAM) app and those that stand out, get also featured within SAM.
If an app is in forbidden state, unfortunately such apps are not open for appeal.
UPDATE: If we found your submission and if it "timesheet-free" is your application, then this app is not even "Published" for it to be reviewed.
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It's had the "to be approved" status for a month. Didn't know you had to enable "publish" before the approval process got started. I thought i could enable "publish" once it got approved and i was done with the app presentation text and images.

I submitted my free alarm clock app there, but they refused it as the full version wasn't available there, while it was accepted with pleasure on Samsung Apps and Amazon. I was willing to add a full version after that, I did it in Samsung Apps and Amazon, but I forget about Slideme as it seems that they only care about there profit ( paid version).
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Need a help with Google Play Console(play store) as for a newbie developer

Hi!
I've been for many years linux software, especially server side developer. Now I'd like to start making public apps(some of them paid apps) for google market. As far as I found, it's needed to register as a developer and deposit single-time price of 25$. That part is more or less clear.
Can someone who used to publish apps in Google Play market explain me in more or less detailed way what will be next steps, once I register as developer? Do I need to register also a company, or can it be as a physical person developer? And more important(unfortunally I failed to find any information on that) what are the supported methods to get money from apps(I guess I'll use "in-app purchase"), what are the real ways to get money from play market to my real bank account?(mean from the moment user pays in app till the moment of getting real money, how does all this process look like and what are the options?).
Thanks a lot!

Question 1: You can register as an Individual or change your name to reflect that of your company.
Question 2: You can earn money by placing ADS inside your app ie. Admob, or In-App purchases, as you mentioned; When you place ADS in your app, Admob will pay you via PayPal, I think they do bank transfer as well. In-app Purchases, Will be processed through google, they will get a percentage and you get the rest. Let me know if I missed anything.

I preffer to be individual at start. Already registered. Google told I can change that at any time.
I'd like to use in-app purchase. I know google will get comission for that. But what are the options Google delivers money to my bank account?
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