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Its one of the bnefits as well as perils of open source. And it will benefit the platform as a whole. Amazon cannot afford to move too far away from the core an
by barista 15y ago
Its one of the bnefits as well as perils of open source. And it will benefit the platform as a whole. Amazon cannot afford to move too far away from the core android that is developed by Google as it will otherwise lose all the new apps and capabilities. It will benefir them to follow androd whereever google takes it.
- gte910h 15y agoThey honestly aren't caring so much about the apps. It's a color kindle to them at the moment. Look at all the marketing, scarcely a mention of apps and app stores anywhere.
- mikhailt 15y agoIt depends on how far they have forked the OS. At this moment, I don't think Amazon cares about anything Google does. They already have the OS customized to meet their ends, anything they need, they can extend the OS themselves and that's what they have done. They are not sharing the code back to Android's ecosystem, so there are no benefits to the Android platform at all. One more thing to keep in mind, the millions that'll buy Fire will not see it as an Android device, they'll see it as a Kindle tablet which is not the same thing as an Android device. It doesn't benefit Amazon at all to follow Google, which was what this article was saying. If Kindle Fire really takes off well, the sales it generates will lure the developers away from Google toward Amazon as the leader for Android apps. Developers want to target the largest markets and with Fire, they can do just that.
- Hyena 15y agoSharing code back isn't the only way to assist the ecosystem. As long as compatibility is good, the Fire will encourage more app development. It will also encourage app developmet at its form factor, which might finally start opening up the Android tablet market.