Amazon Opens Android App Store in Europe

Residents of the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain can now purchase Android apps through Amazon, the company announced Thursday morning.

Amazon's marketplace for Android apps launched in the U.S. in early 2011. Its European expansion has been anticipated for some time -- the company has been asking developers to submit apps for distribution in western Europe since late June. Further global expansion is planned in the near future, Amazon says.

The retail giant's biggest competition in Europe, as elsewhere, is Google's Play store, which already offers paid apps in approximately 130 countries and free apps in all countries but Iran.

There's no word yet on whether Amazon will…
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