App Store
Details of Amazon's forthcoming Android app store
TechCrunch is reporting that online retailer Amazon.com is setting the stage to start offering Android apps through their own service. Amazon Appstore will offer Android applications which have been approved by Amazon, much like Apple's App Store but is expected to be more lenient in regards to what content is approved. Amazon also intends to set pricing for all products offered on the service but will allow content providers to set a baseline price which they will always receive a set percentage of regardless of whatever promotional offers Amazon may determine.
Developers may be turned off by yearly service charges Amazon intends to charge for the privilege of submitting games. They are currently offering the first year free to entice folks to give them a shot but will be charging $99 a year for access in the future.
As someone who is about to leap headlong into using Android, this sounds like a very good thing. It sounds like there's something of a wild frontier running out there and getting some cowpokes to corral some of the better stock would be very helpful. And a hundred bucks to get in front of the eyes of people who appreciate that seems like a small price to pay.
LG Unveils App Store for TVs
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) LG revealed plans to dive deep into the realm of connected TVs, unveiling its Smart TV line and launching an app store for those TVs.
Every Smart TV, which will constitute the bulk of LG's line, will feature a dashboard that users can access with one press of a button, dividing content into three broad categories: TV Live, Premium Content with services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, and, yes, Apps.
Those apps are specifically tailored for TVs, and include things like games, shopping services, and specific content streams (such as videos from your favorite blog). The app store was launched this morning with "hundreds" of apps, LG says.
A simple six-button remote controls the Smart TV. The interface will allow sharing of content and includes a Web browser search function that will search both the Internet content and any media stored locally on your network.
The concept is similar to previous attempts at connected television, like Google TV, though LG seems to have secured more third-party content providers for its launch. In addition to Netflix and Hulu, there's Vudu, YouTube, CinemaNow, Amazon Video On Demand and Live Streaming Sports (which is said to include multiple providers).
LG's Smart TV platform will be available on many of the company's LCD and plasma TVs as well as Blu-ray players. For people who don't have an LG set but want access, LG will sell a small box, called the Smart TV Upgrader, that will provide the content via an HDMI connection. No pricing or release date was announced for the Upgrader.
Besides Smart TV, LG unveiled a new line of passive, cheaper 3D glasses for use with the company's 3D TVs. Since the glasses are passive, and not active-shutter glasses like other manufacturers', they don't need charging and cost less than $20. LG says its focus groups preferred the passive glasses over shutter glasses 3:1, with no perceived loss of picture quality. A pack of four will be included with every LG 3D TV, company reps said.
On top of that, the company showed off a prototype portable TV, which LG said is the first model to be able to receive and display 3D content within the existing mobile TV standard.
Source : http://www.destructoid.com/details-of-amazon-s-forthcoming-android-app-store-190935.phtml
Source : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375198,00.asp
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