Amazon updates its Appstore to version 2.0

By George Wong on 11/10/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Amazon updates its Appstore to version 2.0 Some of you would have probably noticed that Amazon has started pushing out updates for its Appstore today. It looks like the company is preparing for its launch of the Kindle Fire Android tablet which is arriving next week. The new update brings the app up to version 2.0, introduces a sleeker, new UI with a gray and orange color scheme, and the usual bug fixes.

The update also introduces in-app purchases (one time purchases and subscriptions) as well as parental controls for in-app purchases, the ability to review permissions on detail pages prior to purchasing apps, faster downloads and shorter load times. If you haven’t received the update notification, or you don’t have the Amazon Appstore, you can manually download it by heading over to Amazon’s Appstore website.

Amazon: Amazon.com is an American multinational e-commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. The company also produces its own consumer electronics, notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and is a major provider of cloud computing services with its Amazon AWS service.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

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