3 Reasons Why Amazon's Appstore Will Help Android Reach New Heights

Amazon has opened up its Android AppStore to the general public. The store is accessible at Amazon.com/appstore and hosts apps for Android phones and tablets. By launching the store, Amazon has now come into direct competition with Apple and Google as Apple with its App Store and Google with its Android Marketplace are the other two dominant players in the mobile app eco-system.

Amazon has opened up its Android AppStore to the general public. The store is accessible at Amazon.com/appstore and hosts apps for Android phones and tablets. By launching the store, Amazon has now come into direct competition with Apple and Google in the battle for dominance of the mobile app eco-system.

The store that has gone live today with an initial catalog of 3,800 apps and was announced earlier this month. Amazon’s entry into selling apps is an acknowledgement of the fact that the retail market for virtual goods/apps could one day become as big a business as the retail market of real goods.

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