Amazon Kindle Fire Apps: Netflix, Rhapsody and Twitter Included
Amazon has sent out a press release today, confirming that its Kindle Fire tablet, which will be released next week, will be compatible with Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, and much more. Kindle Fire users will be able to get their apps through Amazon’s own app store.
The statement read: “When Kindle Fire customers across the country open their boxes next week, they will be able to choose from several thousand of the most popular Android apps and games, including Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, Comics by comiXology, Facebook, The Weather channel, and popular games form Zynga, EA, Gameloft, PopCap and Rovio.
“Kindle Fire customers will be able to download these apps and games without having to register multiple times and using Amazon’s simple and secure 1-Click payment technology. Plus, all apps are Amazon-tested on Kindle Fire for the best experience possible, customers can get a great “paid” app for free everyday, and once you’ve downloaded an app from the Amazon Appstore, it’s available on Kindle Fire as well as your other Android-based devices.”
According to Amazon, “several thousand” Android apps will be made available through the Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire.
"We started talking to app developers everywhere the day we introduced Kindle Fire, and the response has been overwhelming," Dave Limp, Amazon's Kindle VP, said in the statement.
The new tablet will ship Nov. 15. Customers were able to pre-orders the device since it was unveiled two months ago.
