A sign that the Kindle Fire is breaking out of the US, or just oneupmanship with Barnes & Noble?
Amazon has announced that its Android Appstore is going live across Europe, hot on the heels of Barnes & Noble's decision to take the Nook out of the US for the first time and make a play for the UK e-reader market.
The Appstore is now available to consumers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain and could be a sign that the Kindle Fire is finally reaching Europe?
Amazon says it will offer localised versions of the store for each market and - as in the US - users will be offered a free app to download each day. The premium version of Angry Birds is the first free app and will be followed by Plants Vs. Zombies.
Users will also be able to create reviews from the app and make one-click payments. Amazon also said that purchases can be used "across a customer's Android devices".
In Germany, France and Italy, the Android marketplace will be called App-Shop. In Spain, it will be brandedTienda Apps and in the UK it will carry the same name as the US version, Amazon Appstore for Android.
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