From the Channels page you can download apps that connect you to the Web sites of dozens of newspapers and news outlets, as well as a host of games, including Checkers, MineSweeper, Sudoku, and Memory Trainer. You can click on an option to add more apps, which requires you to log into the BlueStacks App Channels using a Facebook account. Overall, the integration with Windows via a simple desktop gadget proved to be clean and seamless. Using a laptop with a multitouch pad was definitely an improvement. The only obstacle I encountered is that since the apps are designed for a touch screen device, running them on a desktop computer with keyboard and mouse was less than ideal. The apps themselves launch in a full-screen virtualized version of the Android operating system, so they run smoothly. Clicking on the gadget opens a menu from which you can launch any of the preloaded Android apps, including Bloomberg News, Bubble Buster, Words Free, and Drag Racing, along with six others. The app places an Android gadget in the upper right corner of your screen.

The installation failed the first time around, but a second attempt proved successful. I installed the App Player on a PC running Windows 7. BlueStacks puts Android apps on Windows

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