Appitalism extends concierge to Android

Peter Dinham
Sunday, 22 January 2012 21:59

IT Industry - Market

Appitalism has extended its exclusive App Concierge feature for paid Apple apps to also support free Android Market apps. With the release, more than 250,000 additional free apps can be downloaded, eliminating the need to transfer the Appitalism user over to the Android Market to complete their purchases.

With the Concierge extension, customers can browse Android Market apps on Appitalism.com and, once selected, the Appitalism App Concierge automatically retrieves those apps from the Android Market as a fully-automated background process. You then receive an SMS text message with a direct installation link for the apps on your Android device or you can install the apps directly from the Appitalism App Cloud.

According to Appitalism CEO, Simon Buckingham, by extending the company's proprietary App Concierge technology, more than 250,000 additional Android apps can now be downloaded directly from Appitalism.com. 

'Since App Concierge now supports both Apple App Store and Google Android Market apps from one destination, our customers who have, for example, an Android smartphone and an iPad tablet, will find Appitalism an even more convenient place to find and get apps for all their devices from one destination.'

Buckingham claims Appitalism is the only store that allows consumers to manage all their Android Market and Apple App Store apps centrally from one place, putting an end to 'fragmented islands of apps, segregated by platform types.'  He said the beta launch of the exclusive App Concierge for Android feature follows the success of the App Concierge for Apple devices that was originally launched in March 2011.

In addition to being integrated as a feature into Appitalism.com, Buckingham said App Concierge had been designed as a stand-alone product for licensing to other third parties such as mobile network operators and brands who distribute apps to Apple and Android devices and want their customers to have the option to utilise their content portals and billing relationships for Android and Apple apps.