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At CES this week, Dazzboard launched version 2.0, which addresses a complaint users have had about Android since the platform launched almost two years ago: the lack of a real Web-based Android Market.
Frequently, when people who have never used an Android device want to check out what the platform has to offer in terms of apps, they go to android.com/market, Google's official presence for the app store on the Web.
Dazzboard 2.0 now features full Android application support, which means when you hook up your Android device to Dazzboard's webtop media manager, it recognizes all of your applications, and you can then back them up, move them around, or uninstall them. But it also includes an app store of its own, where you can browse and install new applications. It's not Google's Android Market, but instead a third party one with different apps you may not find in Google's. Dazzboard CEO Tero Salonen told us that content partnerships are developing, and Dazzboard's built-in app store will grow considerably as the year progresses.
Dazzboard supports Windows XP, Vista, and 7, Internet Explorer version 6 (XP only), 7 and 8, as well as Firefox 3.X. The company says it will also release APIs to let developers link their Web sites and services with devices connected to the Dazzboard webtop.
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