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It looks like Bla1ze — CrackBerry's new Editor in Chief — is sleeping in this morning (he's still getting the hang of this whole waking up early to blog thing), so here's a little FYI for all of you running the Amazon App Store on your BlackBerry 10 phone.
For today and Saturday, Amazon is giving away 30 paid Android apps for free!
At the time of this posting, I have not checked each app to see how it runs on BlackBerry 10, so be sure to test things out and drop a note in the comments with your results. And if you're not running the Amazon App Store on your phone, click here for a tutorial on how to install it. It looks like US, India, Australia and the UK are all supported regions for this sale. That said, it may also show up in other regions, so if you find the apps are on sale for you be sure to spread the word. And keep in mind, the Amazon App Store will soon be officially supported by BlackBerry, so you can consider loading it up as a head start.
Here's a full list of apps and games covered by the Amazon App Store giveaway, which are temporarily available for free (31 in the US):
- 2Do: Todo List | Task List (£4.41 / $6.99)
- acalendar+ (£2.49 / $3.99)
- AccuWeather Platinum (£1.95 / $2.99)
- Business Calendar (£3.99 / $4.99)
- Card Wars – Adventure Time (£2.38 / $3.99)
- CLARC (£2.99 / $4.99)
- CrossMe (£3.15 / $4.95)
- Dr. Panda's Bus Driver (£1.79 / $2.99)
- Dungeon Village (£2.80 / $4.41)
- Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek (£0.99 / $2.99)
- EZ Money Manager (£6.34 / $9.95)
- Informant 3 ($9.99)
- Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC – £6.37 / $9.99)
- League of Heroes Premium (£1.98 / $2.99)
- Loco Motors (£1.19 / $1.99)
- MobiLearn Talking Phrasebook, English-French-German-Italian-Spanish (£6.37 / $9.99)
- MyBackup Pro (£3.01 / $4.99)
- Notepad+ (£0.99 / $0.99)
- OfficeSuite Professional 7 (£9.36)
- Pho.to Lab PRO (£1.91 / $2.99)
- Pinball Deluxe Premium (£1.87 / $2.99)
- Plex (£2.98 / $4.99)
- Pocket Informant 3 (£5.95)
- PUZZINGO Puzzles (Pro Edition – £9.32 / $4.99)
- Ravensword: Shadowlands (£4.25 / $6.99)
- Real Shanghai Mahjong ($2.20)
- The Room Two (Kindle Tablet Edition – £1.98 / $2.99)
- Root Explorer (£3.00 / $3.99)
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (£1.83 / $2.99)
- Splashtop Remote Desktop HD (£5.56 / $8.99)
- Sudoku 10'000 Plus ($2.49)
- Travel Interpreter (£5.99 / $9.99)
- Wedding Dash Deluxe (£0.62 / $0.99)
Be sure to check out the deals through the Amazon Appstore on your phone or via the online store (US link; UK link). Cheap is good. Free is better. Enjoy the giveaway!
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