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The rumor is that Amazon is planning to bring its Appstore to Europe during this summer. At the moment, the online retailer has dedicated web stores in select European countries, including United Kingdom, Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Spain so it’s fair to argue folks living in those markets will be their primary targets for expansion.
What we get from this is that Kindle Fire may also expand internationally, though that’s just a speculation at present. Selling e-books can be complicated due to local publishers’ rights. However, since the sales of Amazon’s tablet have started falling, it would be a great business decision to pursuit opportunities outside of North America to boost the numbers. Amazon does not disclose sales figures for any of its Kindle devices and all we have are analysts’ papers to prove this claim.
The word on the street is that Amazon may open developer submissions any day now, and you bet we’ll be listening to the streets to hear any new tidbit of information…
[Via: AllThingsD]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
