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Amazon promo gives free Appstore credit with Verizon phones

Amazon is hoping to spur demand for its Appstore portal through a unique tie-in with its own cellphone store, the online retailer said on Sunday. A promo starting Monday will give those buying Android-based Verizon phones a $ 25 credit towards Appstore downloads. The week-long promo is evidence of how tightly Amazon can work with carriers, the store’s wireless head David Camp told AllThingsD.

Agreements like these aren’t common, even for companies like Apple that both sell the phone and manage the app store, and suggest Amazon is hoping to kickstart downloads on its alternative to Android Market. Amazon hasn’t More >

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 leaks, takes second stab at MacBook Air

Lenovo’s decision to back out on the ThinkPad X301 may have just been a temporary measure as a pair of Swiss stores have prematurely shown a sequel built more consciously to take on the new MacBook Air. Billed as the ThinkPad X1, it would switch to a 160GB solid-state state drive to slim down to about 0.85 inches at its thickest point. The system would try to bring over Lenovo’s reputation for strong designs by making its 13.3-inch display cover out of jab- and scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass.

Performance would also be an emphasis and would manage to fit a full-power, More >