KINDLE FIRE USERS GET ACCESS TO ANDROID MARKET

Amazon has always been a popular brand name, but with the launch of Kindle Fire, the company has tried to change a number of things. Entering the tablet war, it earned a reputation that it was a direct competitor to Apple’s iPad, leaving behind the most popular tablets in the league. Additionally, its economical cost called for a number of cheap tablets. It led the cheap tablets wars too, with the number of facilities it has been provided.

Recently, Amazon earned a number of news articles as it attempted to control the web browsing activities on Kindle Fire devices. it happened that if a said user tried to browse Android Market created by Google, they would be redirected to Amazon’s own AppStore on the tablet.

Amazon’s move might be only to have the clean apps installed in the Kindle Fire, to keep it away from issues, related to the faulty apps present in the Android Market. The Amazon AppStore is quite a clean AppStore and is easier to maintain. The options available are even what one can be satisfied off. But it seems the routed option opted for make things look fishy. This is because the hijack was via the browsers.

However, the same hijacking is over now and Kindle Fire users can access the Android Market. The rethinking would surely save the company from possible continued criticism. The new Kindle Fire software update, made available on Wednesday, allows users to browse to the Google Android Market website.

The installation process takes around five minutes, but the software update to the Fire makes things as it should be, that is with a normal redirection to the Android Market. However, a few users still got a security certificate warning, but were able to continue in the Fire’s browser with no other issues. The minute warning issue might not be a real problem, and one can expect the same to be wiped off soon.

This unblocking would help users see what is on the offering from Google’s end and then accordingly, they can make a search for that specific app in the Amazon AppStore.

The question still unanswered is that would this step, help Kindle Fire users to install Android Market apps to the Kindle Fire over the web? The answer as of now is negative. The reason here is that to install an Android Market app, users need to be associated with a Google account, which is no available option with this tablet.

For the criticism point, there is no real point to think off. But for the competition, it makes Kindle Fire a bit less competitive as compared to other Android tablets.