Amazon Appstore for Android: Reasons to Love It And Hate It

23.03.2011
Amazon.com took a significant step into the word of mobile applications this week with the launch of its , now available for free to select users of Google Android devices.

And the company is already making waves; for its use of the term "app store;" and the Internet is all abuzz--good and bad--over the Amazon Appstore for Android, on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.

But do you really need another Android software shop, in addition to Google's official Android Market? Keep moving for a list of Amazon Appstore for Android pros and cons, to help make an informed decision.

Amazon wants to draw users to its Appstore for Android via a "Free App of the Day" promotion, in which it's offering a paid app for free each day. The first free app offered: Angry Birds Rio, another spinoff game of the hugely popular . Amazon also got exclusive distribution right to the new app for Android. As could be expected, this deal pulled in droves of Android users who might have otherwise held off on the new app store, at least at first.