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Fruit Ninja by Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd is the free app of the day for March 31 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $0.99)

Product Description

Fruit Ninja - the messiest, most satisfying fruit game ever!

Enter the dojo of the wise ninja sensei to hone your deadly fruit-slaying skills. Learning to play is easy: just swipe your finger across the screen to carve gruesome, juice-splattered smears out of hordes of apples, watermelons, coconuts, and other ninja foes. Fruit Ninja is an addictive, fun, casual game that brings a splash of bright color to your Android mobile screen.

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Flight Control by Namco Bandai Games America Inc. is the free game app of the day for April 2 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $2.99)

Product Description

Have you ever dreamed what it would have been like to control landing multiple retro aircraft, directing them and their occupants to a safe landing? What would it have been like, being an Air Traffic Controller in the '40s and '50s?

The game only takes a minute to learn; afterward, you won't be able to put it down. Guide aircraft to their landing zones but don't let them collide! Sounds easy? Well, only with smart strategy and keen eyes can you alter flight paths and keep the chaos under control. But you're a natural, a born air controller. Prepare yourself for addictive action!

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Talking Tom Cat by Outfit7 is the free game app of the day for April 3 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $0.99)

Product Description

Meet Tom, the perfect feline pet. Sure, he's a little hard to snuggle, but he won't scratch, require feeding, or need his litter box emptied. And you won't need to worry about obnoxiously early morning wake-ups because he just has to have your love and attention -- or because he is staring at you from three inches away. If that weren't enough, he's sure to make you laugh whenever you pick him up!

Talking Tom responds to your touch and will repeat back everything you say in a funny voice. He doesn't even mind a little rough play; give him a poke, or grab his tail! He's also a ham for the camera: record videos up to 30 seconds, save them to your gallery, and send them as MMS or share them on YouTube, Facebook, or via e-mail. Enjoy hours of fun and laughter with your new favorite pet.

[Prestidigitweeze]

Sounds fun, but I had to remove the Amazon app from my phone because it was eating up my battery time. No matter how many times I killed it, whether I was in Airplane mode or not, the Amazon App continued to rise from the dead.

For me, the free apps won't be worth it until Amazon fixes that little issue. And I find it interesting they only make appstore available as an interim install without giving it a product page or place in the Amazon market, which means no one can rate it on a website known for driving sales with customer ratings.

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Backbreaker Football by NaturalMotion Games Limited is the free game app of the day for April 5 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $2.99)

Product Description

NaturalMotion Games Limited's Backbreaker is an intense three-dimensional arcade football experience. Like a football combine on steroids, Backbreaker focuses on individualistic feats of football-based athleticism. Backbreaker eliminates all of the excess, leaving only the essential parts; namely high speed end zone runs, early onset dementia-inducing tackles, and showboating. Leave the team work to the soccer players; Backbreaker is you against wave after wave of glory crushing defenders.

You score touchdowns by sprinting, juking and spinning; racking up combos and score multipliers on your way to the end zone. Backbreaker features 90 waves, 9 challenges, and 3 difficulty levels. Set in a stunning 3D stadium with multi-angle instant replays, Backbreaker is a thrilling offense-based take on America's most popular pastime.

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PicSay Pro by Shinycore is the free app of the day for April 6 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $3.99)

Product Description

PicSay Pro is a fun, easy way to jazz up your photos with all sorts of special effects. Using PicSay Pro's comprehensive range of graphic options, you can make your photographs even more memorable. PicSay Pro's photo effects palette gives you an almost endless array of possibilities. Best of all, PicSay Pro is super-easy to use, so you don't have to be a professional photographer to make full use of its features.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by arcadata

Backbreaker Football by NaturalMotion Games Limited is the free game app of the day for April 5 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $2.99)

Interesting. I downloaded just after midnight and the free app was Airport Mania: First Flight ($0.99). I never went back, so I missed it when they changed the free app to the football one.

This is the second time I'm aware of where they've had two free apps for the day. First there was Farm Frenzy and Newsweek Mobile, then there was Airport Mania and Backbreaker Football.

What gives?

[koland]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Interesting. I downloaded just after midnight and the free app was Airport Mania: First Flight ($0.99). I never went back, so I missed it when they changed the free app to the football one.

This is the second time I'm aware of where they've had two free apps for the day. First there was Farm Frenzy and Newsweek Mobile, then there was Airport Mania and Backbreaker Football.

What gives?

I missed Airport Mania (didn't get up early enough, I guess). Great timewaster on the PC, though.

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Originally Posted by koland

I missed Airport Mania (didn't get up early enough, I guess). Great timewaster on the PC, though.

I missed the football app (didn't stay up late enough)

I wonder why Amazon does that? Oh well...

[koland]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I missed the football app (didn't stay up late enough)

I wonder why Amazon does that? Oh well...

To make those of who expect "one free app a day" as they advertised a bit frustrated?

Oh well, better than the same five rotating in order (oh wait .... it's too early to tell if that's what they will do).

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by koland

To make those of who expect "one free app a day" as they advertised a bit frustrated?

Oh well, better than the same five rotating in order (oh wait .... it's too early to tell if that's what they will do).

Well, they did repeat Angry Birds Rio on Monday.

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Wolfram|Alpha by Wolfram Alpha LLC is the free app of the day for April 7 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $1.99)

Product Description

Whoever you are and whatever you do, Wolfram|Alpha delivers insight and understanding into any facet of your life. It's a revolutionary knowledge-querying computational engine. Wolfram|Alpha doesn't search the web; it calculates answers based on dynamic computations.

Unlike search engines, which suggest page links, Wolfram|Alpha answers inquiries by computing structured data. Voted the Best of What's New Grand Winner by Popular Science in 2009, it is considered a monumental leap forward in knowledge extraction. Wolfram|Alpha's goal is aimed at bringing instantly accessible systematic knowledge to the broadest range of people; regardless of profession or education level.

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X Construction by CrossConstruct is the free game app of the day for April 9 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $1.49)

Product Description

Build bridges, not walls, with X Construction loaded on your Android (OS 2.1 or higher), and then send a train across your creation to see if it holds up under the pressure, or collapses into catastrophe. Representing a real-world twist on the addictive physics-based casual game genre, X Construction uses the materials and building principles of civil engineering as you try out new bridge designs and test their strength with fully loaded trains.

For each of the first 15 Crossing levels, you'll be given a limited amount of supplies to build your bridge, and a limited number of foundation base-points to use as structural anchors. As you lay the girders, concrete and cables down with a touch and drag of your fingertip, you have control over the material's length, to a point. And this is where the puzzling, exciting aspect of the game comes into play: simply placing girders in a random but eye-pleasing manner will likely result in a literal train wreck of a project.

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SkyDroid - Golf GPS, is today's free Android app from Amazon.

Description
* Turn your Android device into a golf GPS rangefinder
* Download unlimited golf course maps
* Measure the distance to the front, center, and back of every green
* Track the distance of your most recent shot
* See an aerial satellite view of every hole on a course

When you're out on the golf course, it helps to know exactly where and how far you need to hit the ball. SkyDroid uses GPS technology to map the golf course you're playing on, giving you instant, helpful information as you walk the links. This app for your Android device features aerial views of entire golf courses, reveals distances to the front, center, and back of every green, lets you track the distance of your most recent shot, and more.
Charting Your Course

As with any useful tool, simplicity is SkyDroid's greatest strength. Its user interface is easy to navigate, and finding your golf course's map is just a matter of typing its name into the app's search field. If the course's map is listed in the SkyDroid system, you can immediately check out satellite images of each hole (using Google Maps technology) or measure the distances of a particular hole.

If the course you're playing isn't already listed in SkyDroid's network, you can add a map of it yourself using SkyDroid's Course Mapper program. (You'll need to do this from your home computer--this function is not yet available for mobile use--and it only takes a few minutes to get your course entered.)

Chances are good, however, that the course you want to see is already in the system. The map database features thousands of courses and is continuously updated. You can download as many course maps as you wish.
Going the Distance

Having an accurate satellite view of a golf course is nice, but what sets this app apart is its ability to measure distances on the course. At any hole, SkyDroid can tell you the distance from your location to the front, the center, and the back of the green. Perhaps just as important, it shows how far away any water hazards or bunkers are from you. It can also tell you how far your most recent shot went.

Each of these functions is performed on a simple, uncluttered display. After you select a golf course, the app opens to a screen representing the course's first hole. Distance measurements are neatly arranged on one side, a "Zoom" button offers instant satellite imagery of the hole, and it's easy to move from hole to hole by touching arrows at the bottom of the display.

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ZENONIA 2 by GAMEVIL, Inc is the free game app of the day for April 11 at the Amazon Appstore for Android. (Usually $4.99)

Product Description

The popular mobile app ZENONIA gets a worthwhile makeover with ZENONIA 2. Years after Regret saved Zenonia from the darkest evils imaginable, new evil has begun to spread once again. This time, it's up to four characters--Lu, Ecne, Morpice, and Daza--to save Zenonia from the evil that threatens to destroy everyone in its path.

ZENONIA 2 is role-playing at its finest with epic storylines, well-rounded characters, multiple maps, and elaborate scenery from level to level. As each story unfolds, you're bound to be drawn in with each new twist and turn.