Amazon Fire Phone apps and games

Amazon Fire Phone apps and games

In the days leading up to the Fire Phone's release, Amazon made it be known that developers are flocking to flush out the phone's software offerings.

"In the week following the announcement of the device, the Appstore received more app submissions than any other weeks since it opened in 2011," the company said in a press release, noting developers are taking advantage of the Dynamic Perspective SDK and Firefly SDK in their apps. Companies like eBay, Groupon, Kik, Sega, Trove, TV Guide, the Wall Street Journal and WhatsApp are already using Dynamic Perspective and Firefly, Amazon said.

Other apps and games that will be available on the Amazon phone at launch include AirBnB, Angry Birds Epic, Badland, Cut the Rope 2, FOX Sports Go, The Room Two, ToDoist, Where's My Water 2 and Wunderlist. The likes of Facebook, Instagram, Pandora, Pinterest, Spotify, Stubhub, Uber and WhatsApp are ready to rumble when the Fire Phone ships, too.

Dynamic Perspective makes for a mighty piece of tofu

Amazon Game Studios is also serving up two Fire Phone exclusive titles in collaboration with other game makers. Saber's Edge and To-Fu Fury both use Dynamic Perspective as part of their game play, letting users peek around corners and objects inside the game, control gameplay with head movements and tilt the device to change direction or their view.

Microsoft made quite a big deal July 22 that Skype is headed to the Amazon Fire Phone. The app will be available at launch and will adopt some of Fire Phone's flare, complete with a 3D icon and notification badge. Thanks to a carousel widget, users can see chats and notifications at a glance, meaning they won't have to launch the Skype app to stay on top of their conversations.

The Redmond firm also came out July 24 with word that its OneNote note-taking and to-do list app is now available for the Fire Phone and Kindle Fire tablets. OneNote is free on the Amazon Appstore for Android. Unlike Skype, OneNote for Fire Phone isn't optimized for the device - it's just the regular Android version available on a new phone.

Also available for the Fire Phone is Slacker Radio, a music application. The app uses the Amazon phone's tilt controls, letting users learn more about a song, find similar artists and access recently played tracks.