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An Amazon tablet/phone wouldn't have the Google Market. Not because it's locked; because Google charges for it and has certain requirements the manufacturer has

• pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  So for all intents and purposes it is locked. If as a user of an Amazon sold Android based device I can't get the Google Market because of something Amazon failed to do then that's as good as the device being locked. So if I have a HTC device do HTC have a further app store? Apple have a lot to answer for!
• rst 16y ago
  Well, Google does have licensing requirements, which aren't completely public, and the payment arrangements aren't entirely public either. But I have seen reports that the payments don't all go one way --- that, for instance, carriers get some share of Android Market purchases made on their networks. As to whether Amazon would want to meet Google's requirements, that's a business decision on their part. Barnes and Noble hasn't for the Nook, at least so far --- but that's in part based around a strategy of marketing the Nook entirely as a niche device (a Kindle work-alike with a better web browser). It may depend on how many of the most popular apps show up in the Amazon Appstore when they get close to launch.