Amazon.com is bringing its Appstore for Android to the Land of the rising Sun having announced that developers can now submit mobile applications for distribution later this year in Japan. In order to do so, interested companies should visit the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal and check Japan as one of the markets they want to target.
Since the online retailer launched its app store last year, millions of customers have been discovering and buying Android apps for their phones and tablets, while Amazon’s merchandising, personalization and recommendation technologies enable developers to attract even more customers. That said, we’ve no doubts Amazon’s store be pretty popular in Japan.
At the moment, Amazon Appstore for Android works in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany and Spain.
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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.
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