Compared to other mobile operating system, Android for being an open platform has virtually the highest percentage of apps on its platform which users of the OS can take advantage of. Some of these apps can be gotten directly from the play store and some from other third party sites.
Amazon is one of those third party store owners and is direct competition to Google’s Play store as such its appstore doesn’t come pre-loaded on most Android devices.
Most people would ask the question why Amazon Appstore when there is Play Store on Android and there is the Blackberry World on BB 10 devices.
While you have to churn out so much to get apps on Play Store, Amazon appstore offers so many deals and fremium which lets users enjoy several deals – from half-price down to zero-price for premium apps. To enjoy these deals you have to have the Amazon appstore installed on your various Android devices – tablets or smartphones.
Blackberry has the Blackberry World but most of the loyal blackberry users know that there are some apps which are not available for the OS. Thanks to BB 10, users can sideload Android apps to their devices. Apps like Opera, iGrann, WordPress and Insta10 are Android apps most Blackberry 10 users can take advantage of.
Those on BB 10 OS 10.3 already have the app already installed on their device but those who haven’t made the upgrade can also use this method to get the Amazon Appstore on their device.
How to Install Amazon Appstore on any Android and Blackberry 10 devices
1. Make sure you allow your device accept third party applications. To access this feature on Android; Go to Setting – Go to General (Tab) – Security – Tick Unknown Sources and Hit Okay.
On Blackberry 10; Go to settings – Click App Manager – scroll to Installing apps – Tick the only option there which says Allow apps from other sources to be installed. If this features is turned off, only apps from the Blackberry world would install on your device.
2. You should proceed to downloading the Amazon App Store; you can get the app it directly from Amazon Website here. Users are advised to use any convenient browser to download the app.
3. Once the app downloads (AmazonApps-Release.apk). Android users should head over to their notification bar and click on the downloaded apk to install. While Blackberry 10 users should also click on the downloaded app and accept the installation prompts.
4. Finally, once the app installs and is launched. A sign in/sign up page comes up; if you already have an account just login and if you don’t signing up won’t take you minutes to complete. From here on you are good to go.
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