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Amazon Appstore Free App of the Day – Paper Glider (7/10/11)

Although the ratings weren’t all that great I did give it a try this morning. It is really just a game where you glide a paper plane past various backgrounds. It does have some cool power ups and the graphics are nice, but I got bored of it after a few minutes. Definitely worth a try for the low low cost of FREE – But remember, it is only free today 7/10/11.

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Amazon App Store Free App 7/9/11 – Days Left Widget Pro

Have a big event planned and constantly end up counting days on your calendar? Fortunately for a robot, it’s a simple calculation, but unfortunately for a human things just don’t calculate that quick. Fortunately there is the “Days Left Widget Pro”, which you can get for free – today only – on the Amazon App Store.

Basically the app is a widget that allows you to set a date, of anything you want to remember, and have a countdown for that event anywhere on your phone’s screen. Seems kinda handy and you could use it for anything from a birthday, anniversary, vacation, oil change or whatever else you have going on. Whatever the reason you can’t go wrong with it for free, but remember that it’s only free today!

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Age of Zombies – FREE Amazon App of the Day 7/8/11

Today’s free app of the day from Amazon is a great one. Age of Zombies is a zombie shooter where you are thrown back in time to fight zombies. Not just regular human type zombies, but caveman zombies and dinosaur zombies. Because contrary to popular belief cavemen and dinosaurs did coexist (completely made up lie).

Here’s the official trailer for the game from our friends at Halfbrick:

To download the app for free (today only 7/8/11) go here and install Amazon App Store, or follow the QR links below:

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Fieldrunners HD launches at midnight FREE for 24 Hours – 7/7/11

UPDATE! As seculated this is the free app of the day for July 7, 2011.

Top selling iPhone game Fieldrunners will be launched on Amazon App Store tonight at midnight and will be free for the first 24 hours. It is a tower defense sort of game that appears to be pretty promising… Will it be the free app of the day for tomorrow, or are we looking at a bonus free app? So remember to check it out 7/7/11.

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Installing Non-Market Apps

So you found a cool app you want to try out, but when you click on the download link it doesn’t take you to the familiar grounds of the Android Market. A great example of this is the Amazon App Store application. It makes sense that you wouldn’t find a link to this great application on the Android Market, because it is a direct competitor. Another great example is the large number of apps that are available on http://code.google.com.

The first thing you are going to need to know is that out-of-the-box the Android system won’t let you install anything non-market. BUT, there is an incredibly easy workaround to this problem. All you have to do is select the little “Settings” icon from your main menu, and choose the “Applications” menu. Once you are there you will see a little icon that looks like the below image. Along with a little checkbox labeled “Unknown Sources”. This would be that quick fix.

Just check the box and you are all set.

Next, simply load up your browser to one of the above mentioned sites and click download. You will notice that the file being downloaded ends in .APK. This is the standard format for an android application. If you find that it is a zip your best bet is to hook up to a computer and unzip the file. You can also do this with a few different programs, right on your phone. Just fire up Android Market and search for unzip. If you decide to go that route you will also want to look into a File Manager app, so you can view your memory card – especially the “Downloads” folder.

This is a great trick that doesn’t force you into hacking/rooting your phone at all, and a relatively safe trick too. Post up a comment if you have any questions.

Amazon Free App of the Day – Convertr

Download Amazon App Store HERE.

Convertr – Normally $.99, today FREE.

From Amazon.com:

Length: inches to yards

Adjust result precision

Configure unit categories

The Only Unit Converter You’ll Ever Need

If it’s convertable, Convertr can calculate it, instantly and accurately.

From angles, to energy, to mass, to torque, and many more, find exact conversion of units in precision that you can set to 12 decimal places.

A Wide Range of Conversion Units

For example, in the Angle category, you can convert units of degree, radian, grad, mil, and revolution from one to another. For Area, you can convert units of square inch, square foot, square yard, square mile, square millimeter, square centimeter, square meter, square kilometer, acre, and hectare from one to another. Length has 26 conversion units, Mass has 16, Volume has 48, etc.

Convert Units in These Categories:

Angle
Area
Currency
Data Rate
Data Size
Density
Energy
Force
Frequency (disabled by default)
Fuel
Length
Mass and Weight
Power
Pressure
Speed
Temperature
Time
Torque
Typography
Volume

Elegant Function with No Clutter

Convertr is designed for fast, efficient, and visual unit conversion on your smartphone. Its uncluttered layout won’t get in the way when you want to make conversions quickly.

Currency Converter Par Excellence

Do you need to make multiple currency conversions? Perhaps as many as 61 different currencies? No problem for Convertr.

With the Currency Updates feature, you won’t have to wonder if today’s rates are different than those the app is using. With data connection, Convertr automatically keeps its currency values up to date.

Favorites

Do you like the idea of having so many categories of units available, but can’t imagine yourself scrolling endlessly through the categories list for units you use often? You can mark categories of units you use a lot as favorites. Then, whenever you want to make a quick calculation, just tap the Favorites button and only those categories you’ve marked come up in the list. Did we mention uncluttered and quick?

Rate and Follow

This app is well supported by Vervv, the developer, and you are welcome to follow its progress on Twitter. You can also rate the app on the Amazon Appstore using a handy link in the app.