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Amazon App Store Thread - Daily Free Apps

shawn1224 said:
I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but is anyone else getting a wee bit tired of all these free games?

It seems like 85% of the freebies are all games.

I'd just like to see a little bit more variety.
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yes, couldn't have said it better myself. I would also like some variation of apps.
on another note PewPew2's catchphrase is awesome.. "so i heard you like to shoot stuff" xD
 
shawn1224 said:
I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but is anyone else getting a wee bit tired of all these free games?

It seems like 85% of the freebies are all games.

I'd just like to see a little bit more variety.
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You also have to realize that most games aren't free, and most apps are free to begin with. I have a lot of useful apps that are free to begin with, there's no reason for them to be on the free-app-for-a-day promotion.
 
shawn1224 said:
I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but is anyone else getting a wee bit tired of all these free games?

It seems like 85% of the freebies are all games.

I'd just like to see a little bit more variety.
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If you look through the free apps history on Amazon, it's pretty much a 50/50 split between apps and games.

Looking at the last 18 days in the history, 9 apps and 9 games. Today's freebie is a game that makes it 9 apps 10 games.
 
shawn1224 said:
I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but is anyone else getting a wee bit tired of all these free games?

It seems like 85% of the freebies are all games.

I'd just like to see a little bit more variety.
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I started thinking the same thing, then I realized this:

cigar3tte said:
You also have to realize that most games aren't free, and most apps are free to begin with. I have a lot of useful apps that are free to begin with, there's no reason for them to be on the free-app-for-a-day promotion.
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On a little more related note: PewPew is awesome! I was about to buy it last night, but now I'm glad I didn't :D Pretty good graphics, and I've been looking for this type of game for a while!
 
ONJFan said:
I was wondering how do use the controls on this is it tapping the screen or.buttons on ur phone?
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You keep your thumbs on the two control pads and move them in a circular pattern until you get to the direction you intend to move/shoot. I'm pretty sure it explains that better in the tutorial.
 
drdoom said:
You keep your thumbs on the two control pads and move them in a circular pattern until you get to the direction you intend to move/shoot. I'm pretty sure it explains that better in the tutorial.
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Cool, I'm going to pick this one up. I read a review on amazon that someone said it does NOT ask for any permissions, how is that possible? Especially with a game.
 
ONJFan said:
Cool, I'm going to pick this one up. I read a review on amazon that someone said it does NOT ask for any permissions, how is that possible? Especially with a game.
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The permissions are Network Communication (full internet access) and Hardware Controls (control vibrator).
 
Sorry I got a little behind on the OP, I have been really busy with work lately. It is all updated now though.

Glad to see everyone is finding this thread useful, and even if I go a couple days without being on the forums someone still posts the free app of the day!
 
I was thinking today...all these free app really helps Amazon get user comments on these apps for future buyers when the app is no longer free. I bet users are more likely to pay for an app that has a lot of user comments than an app with very few comments.
 
DenverRalphy said:
If you look through the free apps history on Amazon, it's pretty much a 50/50 split between apps and games.

Looking at the last 18 days in the history, 9 apps and 9 games. Today's freebie is a game that makes it 9 apps 10 games.
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That is slightly incorrect. :p There were four apps and seven games in March and so far in April there have been five apps and nine games. So of the current 25 apps released, there are 9 apps and 16 games (about 36% apps and 64% games).

March 2011 - 4/7 (11)
22/03/11 - amazon appstore debute
Angry Birds Rio - Rovio Mobile - $.99 - 3 stars
23/03/11
World Series Of Poker: Hold'em Legend - Glu Mobile Inc. - $4.99 - 2 stars
24/03/11
Doodle Jump - Real Networks Inc - $.99 - 3 stars
25/03/11
Shazam Encore - Shazam Entertainment Ltd. - $4.99 - 3 stars
26/03/11
SwiftKey Keyboard - TouchType Keyboard Ltd. - $1.99 - 4 stars
27/03/11
Diner Dash 2 - Glu Mobile Inc. - $4.99 - 2 stars
28/03/11
Farm Frenzy - HeroCraft Ltd. - $1.99 - 1 star
Newsweek Mobile - Handmark - $1.99 - 1 star
29/03/11
Angry Birds Seasons - Rovio Mobile - $.99 - 4 stars
30/03/11
SoundHound Infinity - SoundHound Inc. - $4.99 - 4 stars
31/03/11
Fruit Ninja - Halfbrick Studios - $.99 - 3 stars
April 2011 - 5/9 (14)
01/04/11
WeatherBug Elite -AWS Convergence Technologies Inc - $1.99 - 3 stars
02/04/11
Flight Control - Namco Networks - $2.99 - 4 stars
03/04/11
Talking Tom Cat - Outfit7 Ltd. - $.99 - 3 stars
04/04/11
Angry Birds Rio - Rovio Mobile - $.99 - 4 stars
05/04/11
Backbreaker Football - NaturalMotion Games Ltd. - $2.99 - 3 stars
Airport Mania: First Flight - Amazon Digital Services - $.99 - 4 stars
06/04/11
PicSay Pro - Shinycore - $3.99 - 5 stars
07/04/11
Wolfram|Alpha - Wolfram Alpha LLC - $1.99 - 4 stars
08/04/11
Akinator - SCIMOB S.A.S. - $1.99 - 3 stars
09/04/11
X Construction - CrossConstruct - $1.49 - 4 stars
10/04/11
SkyDroid Golf GPS - Goldstein Technologies LLC - $1.99 - 4 stars
11/04/11
Zenonia 2 - GAMEVIL - $4.99 - 4 stars
12/04/11
PewPew 2 - Jean-Francois Geyelin - $2.99 - 4 stars
13/04/11
Solitaire MegaPack - Tesseract Mobile Software - $2.99 - 4 stars
 
Yeahha said:
Apps protected with DRM. Removing the DRM would allow you to run them without the appstore. However this would make them cracked apps and if you can't access the appstore and install them they would be warez which can't be discussed here.
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Who said anything about warez? I'm talking about spoofing the appstore app, not cracking the apps they are giving away.

The apps cannot be run without the appstore being installed, meaning there are two ways around it. #1= warez which cannot be discussed here, #2= Amazon appstore spoof app.

Has anyone heard anything about an amazon appstore spoofing app yet?
Why do I care? B/c when/if the second amazon stops giving away apps I am uninstalling their app store and I will need to spoof it to continue using the apps that I have (not to say that they are going to discontinue it any time soon, but they could...).
 
Even if amazon decides to stop the free app of the day, I don't understand why people are dying to uninstall the amazon app store app. I feel that supporting amazon can only make things better for the user. It's like we want all the free stuff but don't want to support them. I don't understand that. Because of the free stuff I have bought paid apps from them making it an easy experience.
 
I don't mind supporting them either. However, I don't like the fact that the app is always running and restarting itself, even after force closing it. If it didn't do that, then I would have no problem keeping it installed either.
 
Rob.G said:
I don't mind supporting them either. However, I don't like the fact that the app is always running and restarting itself, even after force closing it. If it didn't do that, then I would have no problem keeping it installed either.
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Do you actually notice it having a negative impact on performance/battery life? Is it killing you or your phone to keep it running? I hate DRM and unnecessary programs running as much as the next guy, but it just seems like this a petty complaint when you are able to get a free app every day.
 
ONJFan said:
Even if amazon decides to stop the free app of the day, I don't understand why people are dying to uninstall the amazon app store app. I feel that supporting amazon can only make things better for the user. It's like we want all the free stuff but don't want to support them. I don't understand that. Because of the free stuff I have bought paid apps from them making it an easy experience.
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and hey, i'm all for supporting our President, so long as I don't get hanged for not supporting him.

What Amazon's doing is FORCING our support by requiring us to keep their app store. I love Amazon and I'd love to continue using their appstore, but knowing I have to continue to, no matter what? Ehhh....
 
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