BlueStacks is the first production software that allows you to use your favorite mobile apps on a Windows PC. You can download apps like Angry Birds Space, Temple Run, Evernote or Documents to Go directly into BlueStacks, or sync the apps from your phone using the BlueStacks Cloud Connect Android app.
Apps can be added to BlueStacks App Player by clicking on the BlueStacks Channels icon. There, dozens of other Android apps are listed and can be downloaded with your Web browser by clicking the app icon.
BlueStacks also offers Cloud Connect, which allows you to transfer apps from an Android phone to a PC or tablet. This is done by first installing BlueStacks on your Android phone and then uploading apps to the cloud version of BlueStacks Cloud Connect for download on your PC or tablet. While not yet available with the alpha version, the final product will let you download apps from the Android Store.
One drawback is that BlueStacks App Player requires Windows 7 or Vista, at least 2GB memory, and an Intel Core 2 Duo or more-powerful processor. PCs that meet these requirements are hardly representative of all the different possible system configurations out there.
