: Despite Apple's recent lawsuit against Amazon's use of the term "Appstore," Amazon successfully began selling applications for the Google Android smart phone yesterday. The launch unveiled two previously unmentioned perks: a free-app-of-the-day promotion and a feature called Test Drive that allows users to try apps on Amazon's website before buying them. What's the Context:
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Amazon's Appstore, which provides over 3,800 Android apps and is in direct competition with Google's own "Android Market," drew the ire of Apple last week because of ownership issues over the name's similarity to Apple's own "App Store." The company says Amazon's use of the name will "confuse and mislead customers."
Another way Amazon is luring people to the new store is by providing a different premium app for free each day. The first free app was Angry Birds Rio.
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