Soundhound Infinity - 3/30
Fruit Ninja 3/31
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I have been using the new Amazon Appstore since launch day which was last week. My pre-launch thoughts were why Amazon? I mean every Android phone already has a decent market via Google. Not to mention other app stores already available.
The Appstore is pretty easy to use and has many of the features found in the Market like the rating system, user reviews, and similar apps. The biggest things Amazon is offering are the free paid app of the day, a trial system longer than 15 minutes, and save for later.
The free paid app is a no brainer for the user and is the best reason to consider Amazons Appstore. So far they have had Angry Birds Rio & Seasons (ad-free), Doodle Jump, Diner Dash 2, Farm Frenzy, Shazam Encore, World Series of Poker, SwiftKey, and Soundhound Infinity. That's not a bad first week of apps. The biggest questions for me is will they keep doing this if the Appstore gets big and at what point do the free popular selling apps like SwiftKey stop showing up as freebies (I look at Amazon mp3s daily freebie and don't really remember ever seeing a top 20 charted song).
Save for later is something I couldn't believe was never in the Market. It is a feature I will use for sure.
I have not tried the trial period program yet but from my understanding you can download the app to your computer to try before you buy. I am not sure if it also works on your phone or tablet.
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Dislikes:
So far I have come across a couple things I would like to see changed.
1) I downloaded Springpad to try out. I uninstalled it and the program remains in my applications tab with an install button. In Google Market they go away, which I prefer greatly. *update* I was reading on Amazon.com > Appstore > Your Apps > how to, for the Appstore and it says you can remove an app from your list by selecting it and checking a box to remove from your my apps list. Only problem now is I can't find the box they are talking about, maybe it's a soon to be released feature.
1a) With Springpad installed again via the Amazon Appstore it's on version 3.1.1, I was just notified version 3.1.2 is available but I was notified by the Google Market. The update is not yet available through Amazon but I am very curious as to why the app is showing in the Google Market.
2) I downloaded Doodle Jump (which I already had purchased through Google Market to see what would happen) and the app downloads and then tries to install over the Google Market version which is expected. I canceled the over write and the app sits in my applications tab with an update button. In the Google Market the app would state purchased, remain in the my apps tab but would not prompt for updates.
3) One of the free paid apps of the day Farm Frenzy force closes my Amazon Appstore when trying to install. I sent this to Amazon and waiting for a response. One thing I should note is I downloaded the app but didn't try to install it until a few days later.
4) Apparently Farm Frenzy is asking for more phone access/permissions then the Google Market version asks for (this is from reading the reviews). I have not looked at this cause I can't seem to install Farm Frenzy (plus I don't have this game through Google Market) but if true I wonder how many apps this is the case for and why.
5) All of the apps found in the Google Market are not available (yet). I searched for some popular free apps and got no results. With Amazon not having access to the same apps it would be hard to look at Amazon first. Maybe you get lucky and get a discount (SwiftKey is cheaper at Amazon than Google) or find your app to be the free app of the day but if they can't get the apps that Google has I just wonder how long people will continue to look at Amazon as a viable option.
6) No easy uninstall method. You have to remove the app the same way you would remove a side loaded app.
Fruit Ninja 3/31
______________________________
I have been using the new Amazon Appstore since launch day which was last week. My pre-launch thoughts were why Amazon? I mean every Android phone already has a decent market via Google. Not to mention other app stores already available.
The Appstore is pretty easy to use and has many of the features found in the Market like the rating system, user reviews, and similar apps. The biggest things Amazon is offering are the free paid app of the day, a trial system longer than 15 minutes, and save for later.
The free paid app is a no brainer for the user and is the best reason to consider Amazons Appstore. So far they have had Angry Birds Rio & Seasons (ad-free), Doodle Jump, Diner Dash 2, Farm Frenzy, Shazam Encore, World Series of Poker, SwiftKey, and Soundhound Infinity. That's not a bad first week of apps. The biggest questions for me is will they keep doing this if the Appstore gets big and at what point do the free popular selling apps like SwiftKey stop showing up as freebies (I look at Amazon mp3s daily freebie and don't really remember ever seeing a top 20 charted song).
Save for later is something I couldn't believe was never in the Market. It is a feature I will use for sure.
I have not tried the trial period program yet but from my understanding you can download the app to your computer to try before you buy. I am not sure if it also works on your phone or tablet.
_________
Dislikes:
So far I have come across a couple things I would like to see changed.
1) I downloaded Springpad to try out. I uninstalled it and the program remains in my applications tab with an install button. In Google Market they go away, which I prefer greatly. *update* I was reading on Amazon.com > Appstore > Your Apps > how to, for the Appstore and it says you can remove an app from your list by selecting it and checking a box to remove from your my apps list. Only problem now is I can't find the box they are talking about, maybe it's a soon to be released feature.
1a) With Springpad installed again via the Amazon Appstore it's on version 3.1.1, I was just notified version 3.1.2 is available but I was notified by the Google Market. The update is not yet available through Amazon but I am very curious as to why the app is showing in the Google Market.
2) I downloaded Doodle Jump (which I already had purchased through Google Market to see what would happen) and the app downloads and then tries to install over the Google Market version which is expected. I canceled the over write and the app sits in my applications tab with an update button. In the Google Market the app would state purchased, remain in the my apps tab but would not prompt for updates.
3) One of the free paid apps of the day Farm Frenzy force closes my Amazon Appstore when trying to install. I sent this to Amazon and waiting for a response. One thing I should note is I downloaded the app but didn't try to install it until a few days later.
4) Apparently Farm Frenzy is asking for more phone access/permissions then the Google Market version asks for (this is from reading the reviews). I have not looked at this cause I can't seem to install Farm Frenzy (plus I don't have this game through Google Market) but if true I wonder how many apps this is the case for and why.
5) All of the apps found in the Google Market are not available (yet). I searched for some popular free apps and got no results. With Amazon not having access to the same apps it would be hard to look at Amazon first. Maybe you get lucky and get a discount (SwiftKey is cheaper at Amazon than Google) or find your app to be the free app of the day but if they can't get the apps that Google has I just wonder how long people will continue to look at Amazon as a viable option.
6) No easy uninstall method. You have to remove the app the same way you would remove a side loaded app.
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