e-bookvine: Can you install third-party apps on Kindle Fire?

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Yes, you can even though Ama­zon didn't reveal that infor­ma­tion dur­ing the announce­ment of the device. In a mashable.com arti­cle this has been revealed late­ly. Accord­ing to the arti­cle:

Although Ama­zon goes out of its way to hide all traces of vanil­la Android from its new Kin­dle Fire tablet, it turns out tech-savvy users can still install select third-party Android appli­ca­tions out­side the aus­pices of the Ama­zon App­store. These apps include Ama­zon com­peti­tors, like Barnes & Noble's Nook app for Android.

Here are the steps to fol­low to install third-party apps:

• Go to the set­tings sec­tion, and find labeled "Device"
• Find the option that says "Allow Instal­la­tion of Appli­ca­tions From Unknown Sources."
• Enable this option
• Now install your favorite third-party app store (you can­not install Google Android Store, but some oth­ers can be. Accord­ing to mash­able, "Get­Jar doesn't list the Kin­dle Fire in its device list­ing, so I chose anoth­er Android 2.3 device and then fol­lowed the instruc­tions to down­load the GetJar.apk from Get­Jar's mobile site. Once down­loaded, I installed the app.The app appears in the app shelf along­side the stan­dard Ama­zon App­store apps.")

After installing the Get­Jar app, I went on my merry way installing var­i­ous third-party apps. Some apps would sim­ply redi­rect to an entry in the Ama­zon App­store. Other would refuse to down­load.

Still, a num­ber of apps installed with­out any prob­lem — includ­ing the Barnes & Noble Nook app for Android. The awe­some­ness of run­ning the Nook app on the Kin­dle is par­tial­ly a nov­el­ty, sure, but it actu­al­ly adds quite a bit of value to the device.......

Can you install third-party apps on Kindle Fire?
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