Amazon "Geek Week" Means Discounted Android Apps

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Amazon has had their Android Appstore with the free app of the day, however it looks like they have kicked off a new promotional offering dubbed Geek Week. The Geek Week promotion includes a select group of apps that appear to have a discount of 50 percent or greater.

And sure, 50 percent off on a $2 app may not be all that exciting for everyone, however there are some more expensive apps on the list including EasyTether and Root Explorer which normally sell for $9.99 and $3.99 respectively. As to the discount, EasyTether is selling for $4.99 and Root Explorer is selling for $0.99.

That being said, in total there are eight apps included in the Geek Week promotion and they break down as follows;

• Easy Tether — $4.99 (regularly $9.99) EasyTether shares your Android smartphone connection with your PC. This handy app from Mobile Stream allows you to tether your Android to a desktop or notebook computer. EasyTether uses exactly the same data plan that you already use for your on-phone internet access, and your USB connection ensures a fast transfer speed. Access your built-in browser, e-mail, and YouTube applications with no additional tethering or broadband fees.
• WidgetLocker — $0.99 (regularly $1.99) Are you bored with your lock screen? Didn’t even know you had options for it? With WidgetLocker Lockscreen, you can make your lock screen come to life.
• Root Explorer — $0.99 (regularly $3.99)Root Explorer is the ultimate file manager for root users and non-root users alike. With this skillfully designed app loaded on your smart phone you will be able to access the whole of Android’s file system. Plus, if you’ve gained super user permissions through the process of rooting your phone, you can even drill into the elusive data folder.While not needed, rooting your phone unlocks Root Explorer’s true potential
  It’s an easy way to work with the files on your Android using a familiar graphical interface. You’ll appreciate how smooth and fast Root Explorer allows you to search through your phone’s files via file and folder thumbnails.
• Wave Launcher — $0.99 (regularly $1.99) Wave Launcher is a unique, gesture-enabled action bar for Android. With a single swipe, you can launch up to 120 of your favorite apps, shortcuts, and recently-used apps. Regardless of what program you’re currently running, just swipe your finger from the bottom of the screen upwards–Wave Launcher is accessible anytime, anywhere.
• SetCPU — $0.99 (regularly $2.00) SetCPU for Root Users is a CPU speed tweaking application for Android. More specifically, it allows control of certain aspects of the Linux cpufreq driver, allowing for overclocking, underclocking, or tweaking speeds and settings on many Android devices. SetCPU will work with most if not all rooted Android 1.5 to 2.2 builds on supported devices.
• RepliGo Reader — $1.99 (regularly $4.99) View and annotate native PDF documents on your Android device! RepliGo Reader for Android is the highest fidelity PDF viewing solution available and the only solution available that supports PDF annotations.
• Xtralogic Remote Desktop Client — $12.99 (regularly $24.95) Xtralogic Remote Desktop Client for Android enables you to connect to your Windows computers across the Internet from a mobile device powered by Android platform. Once connected, the app gives you mouse and keyboard control over your computer while showing you everything that’s happening on the screen.
• BackupEverything — $0.99 (regularly $1.99)You Android device has more in common with a personal computer than the simply cell phones most people carried even five years ago. And like a computer, losing information as a result of a system crash or installing a bad app can have serious consequences.Enter Backup Everything, which as its name suggests, provides a complete backup application for your important data and applications. You can quickly backup almost everything on your phone, including text messages, bookmarks, call logs, photos, system settings, alarms, and app. You can also schedule regular backups of your device to run in the background. For easy use, it is not necessary to root your phone to backup your data.

  Files are backed up to your SD card where they can be restored through a file management program or loaded to another device for safekeeping.

All said and done, we realize that all of these apps may not be for every user, especially the SetCPU app which is for users that are rooted. Still, at the same time with deals such as the $24.95 down to $12.99 offering for Xtralogic Remote Desktop they are hard to pass up if you have considered them in the past. Plus, for $0.99 the Backup Everything app is one that most users would most likely benefit from having for those just in case scenarios.