So as far as I can tell the kindle app is a big reason why a lot of people use the ipad - kicking it off is going to hurt Apple in terms of publicity and users.

So as far as I can tell the kindle app is a big reason why a lot of people use the ipad - kicking it off is going to hurt Apple in terms of publicity and users. Apple tend to be quite good at acting in their own interests. What worries me more is that if I was Amazon I would be aiming to get my kindle app kicked off the store (by doing something that pissed Apple but not my customers off) about the time I launched my shiny new kindle tablet.....