Web Market (ICS) - Kindle Fire Themes and Apps

Is anyone else having issues downloading tablet specific apps on to the kindle fire from the web market? It says that the kindle is not compatible.
For example: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cnn.mobile.android.tablet
That app says it is incompatible with the kindle running ics.
Am I alone, or missing something?

Oddly enough the app in the link you posted isn't compatible with my Kindle running CM7, but this one from Time Magazine (for tablets) is: Time Magazine Tablet App
What is the determining factor here?
I guess my Android version checks out for that specific tablet app, but yours should check out too since you're running ICS...

Yea, the Time magazine is compatible as well. Are honeycomb apps still just honeycomb only, and not ics compatible yet?

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[Q] Compatible Kindle software...

Is there a version of the Kindle Android software that will work on the G-Tablet?
I see several posts saying people have made it work. But they seem to never say where they found the software or what the filename was or what device it was for.
I have an old Kindle, but would like to read on my tablet if it works well.
Rev
get the market working and download the Kindle app for Android from the market.
I have the Kindle app and the Nook app on my tab.
Sent from my GTab...
I flashed my G-tab with TnT lite 2.0 with both flash and market hack installed and can confirm that both Nook and Kindle work.
Link to TnT lite 2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842004
I got the apk even before the market was working. It was not hard to find and may have even been handango.com (the market that comes with the tablet).

Google Docs - Tablet Version

Has any one gotten the google docs tablet version running on the kindle fire? When I install the apk on ICS, it just shows the phone version scaled up. Any ideas?
I am wondering this too... It's not a big deal really, but it's annoying since it's advertised.

News360 apk

All,
I'm hoping to get News360 running on the KF running the ICS ROM (which is fantastic btw). But Market says my device isn't compatible with News360 for Tablets. Of course, it's a free app, but I cannot find of an APK of it anywhere. Has anyone been able to get News360 for Tablets from Android Market? OR can tell me how to procure the APK? Or if anyone has figured out how to convince Android Market I'm really running a proper Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and they shouldn't see it as a Kindle Fire and block it?
I HATE fragmentation!
rmagruder said:
All,
I'm hoping to get News360 running on the KF running the ICS ROM (which is fantastic btw). But Market says my device isn't compatible with News360 for Tablets. Of course, it's a free app, but I cannot find of an APK of it anywhere. Has anyone been able to get News360 for Tablets from Android Market? OR can tell me how to procure the APK? Or if anyone has figured out how to convince Android Market I'm really running a proper Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and they shouldn't see it as a Kindle Fire and block it?
I HATE fragmentation!
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I downloaded it to my Kindle and then uploaded the apk for you, you can download it HERE.
Thank you! This is the Tablet version, right? It didn't have a problem with the fact that it was the Kindle Fire? Or did you get it from Amazon's app store, or what?
Thanks!
rmagruder said:
Thank you! This is the Tablet version, right? It didn't have a problem with the fact that it was the Kindle Fire? Or did you get it from Amazon's app store, or what?
Thanks!
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It works fine but I mistakenly downloaded the phone version, I'm installing the tablet version and will update my first post. The tablet version is giving me an error about parsing the package.
Edit: I found a few places to download it from but I get the same parsing error with each one.
yeah
This file or folder has been removed.
Here is the latest update:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7clbeddyeh59v6/News360_3.0.6.apk

[Q] Google Play Still thinks My KFT is a KFT after installing KitKat custom ROM

Hi, i'm totally new to rooting and installing alternate ROMs, but i just installed KitKat CM11 and GAPPS KK on my kindle fire HD 7" following RootJunky's excellent tutorial video 'How To Install KitKat CM11 on the Kindle Fire HD 7in' -
Everything appears to be working fine and dandy, but when i download a new app from Google Play or 1 Mobile Market, they send the Amazon Kindle version rather than the android version (i know KFT is android but i don't know how else to phrase this) . So far i have about 80% success rate in these downloaded apps working.
For example, Dolphin Browser, Lastpass, MoliPlayer, Pocket, Amazon Kindle Reader all work, most games do not.
My guess is that this is something to do with the graphics demand of the games.
My rather long winded question is this, is it possible to make my machine not appear to be a KFT as far as these sites are concerned. If so would these apps be more likely to work, or is the problem not an incorrect version of the app but rather some incompatibility between KitKat operating system and Kindle hardware.
Any suggestion / info gratefully received.

Kindle App to look like the Android Kindle App?

The version of the Kindle app is the same between my Samsung and Fire HD 8 tablets BUT the apps act completely different.
I ran the Fire Toolbox (which is awesome) but whenever I try to install the app from the Play Store it just 'enables' it and it is kinda weak compared with the general Android version.
Is this the same app that acts differently between versions of tablet? If so, can I get the one of my cleaned up Fire to act like the general Android version?
S1ayn said:
The version of the Kindle app is the same between my Samsung and Fire HD 8 tablets BUT the apps act completely different.
I ran the Fire Toolbox (which is awesome) but whenever I try to install the app from the Play Store it just 'enables' it and it is kinda weak compared with the general Android version.
Is this the same app that acts differently between versions of tablet? If so, can I get the one of my cleaned up Fire to act like the general Android version?
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The pre-installed Amazon Kindle app is the same package name as a Google Play version.

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