Amazon AdMash (Vote on Kindle Sponsored Screensavers)

by Amazon Digital Services Inc.

Product Description

Step into the driver's seat and tell us which sponsored screensavers you'd like to see on Kindle with Special Offers. Anyone can vote; it's fun and easy.

Here's how it works. AdMash will show you two different screensavers and then ask you to vote for the one you like best. Scrutinize them or go with your gut, it's up to you. Once you've made your choice, it's on to the next round. The ones that get the most votes can become Kindle Sponsored Screensavers. It's up to you and the rest of the community to pick your favorites.

Download AdMash and start voting now. Play as often as you like and we'll keep adding new screensavers for you to vote on.

Product Details

• Version: 1.1
• Release Date: September 16, 2011
• File Size: 256 kB
• Language: English
• Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Inc.
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• ASIN: B004WFYIMA
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher License: Read
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 66 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Simple and straightforward Kindle app but does not square off competing promotions May 19, 2011

By bsg2004 VINE™ VOICE

Amazon Verified Purchase

This Kindle app is probably of interest only to owners of the Kindle SO (Kindle with Special Offers). The app shows two competing ads for the same promotion, and you vote which one you like best, or you can vote Neither, giving neither one a vote of confidence. There is no option to vote Both. The Next and Previous page buttons move you through the ads, and the 5-way controller is used to vote.

Ads shown are both from Amazon and from outside advertisers (such Oil of Olay). You can see multiple ad duets per session, and when you reach the end you can start again. Sometimes there are more than two ads per promotion, so in subsequent sessions you get different match ups. It's like playoffs for Kindle ads? :-)

Pressing the HOME button at any time takes you out of the AdMash. The MENU button is not used, pressing it does nothing.

One perhaps extra benefit is that you may be able to see what promotions are coming up in the future before they launch. The apps shown include an up to 20% off HDTVs and 50% off lighted Kindle covers.

The app for what it is gets 4 stars, it is simple and straightforward.

So why the three stars? Because you can only give feedback on competing ads for the same promotion. You cannot vote on competing promotions. When they initially announced this Kindle app, I thought you would be able to vote on competing promotions. So if more people wanted to see gadgets (or beauty products, or Kindle accessories, etc) featured as Kindle SO promotions, their voting feedback would send that instruction to Amazon's deal makers.

This app is free to get, but realistically I doubt people who are not a Kindle SO owners would be interested in it.

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Does what it's intended to do, but could include a lot more features. May 21, 2011

By Jeremy Johnson

Amazon Verified Purchase

** Warning, Warning **
if your expecting this to be some big and exciting app with lots of features and comparisons; don't bother. This is a real basic app that allows you to select which version of the same ad you like better.

This app will not allow you to manage or change ads on your device. Also, this does not allow you to vote on new screen savers for you Non- special offers Kindle. Maybe this might stir up some possibilities for the future.

Since you are voting on and ad that will be coming soon, you'll be getting a heads up on the new deals coming down the pipe.

A no bells and whistles app that does 1 simple thing. It does take a couple of seconds for the images to load, but that's because it's downloading the images. Obviously, it has to get the new advertisements somehow.

I think the app should incorporate a display of votes so we can see which is more popular and which might actually win. Maybe also a voting option for what special offers people would like to see in the future.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Why won't this work on the Touch w/ special offers??? December 1, 2011

By Skeezix

Amazon Verified Purchase

If you own a Kindle Touch 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers, don't expect to be able to use Admash

:(

I'm glad that Amazon has Admash for the Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers, but why isn't it also available for the Kindle Touch w/ special offers????

Seems to me that that's just plain stupid/not well thought out.

I have the old Kindle Keyboard that I added special offers to, so I can use Admash there, but what about all the people who've bought the Touch w/ special offers and can't vote etc?