A few days ago we reported that the ever-so popular game Angry Birds would be launching for Android through the Amazon Appstore, not the Android Market. Rovio, Angry Birds’ publisher, decided to offer the new Angry Birds Rio game exclusively to the Amazon Appstore. However, there is no Amazon Appstore yet. But thanks to German site Androidnews.de, we got a glimpse of what the app store may look like thanks to a discovered URL that perhaps accidentally went live.
Frank of Androidnews.de added “/apps” on the end of the Amazon.com URL, and found that, if logged out of Amazon, a list of Android apps appeared for him to browse through. Frank reported seeing 48 apps, whereas Androidguyssaw 49, some of which differed from those that Frank saw. Amazon has since taken down the http://www.amazon.com/ apps link.
Amazon is known for offering great deals. Its MP3 store is often cheaper than buying music from the iTunes Store, and it seems Amazon may offer some discounts on Android apps as well. Androidnews.de put together a spreadsheet comparing the two stores’ prices. We see a large difference with Vignette, which will cost $2.49 in the Amazon Appstore or $4.02 in the Android Market, and Sacan2PDF Mobile 2.0 which will cost $3.99 through Amazon and goes for $6.44 through the Android Market.
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