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That's a developer discussion. Mentioning Android in a customer-facing presentation turns Kindle Fire into an "Android tablet" which telegraphs the message that

• sliverstorm 14y ago
  Agreed; they are doubtless trying to go the direction they went with the Kindle readers. It runs Linux- but does my grandmother care in the slightest what her book runs?
  • jpxxx 14y ago
    Watching this dog and pony show today, I think it's the first time Amazon has been able to speak to gearheads and grannies in the same breath. They threw out any number of cool-sounding acronyms, made a point of filling in some gaping holes in their software strategy, neutralized Apple's "premium" message by declaring themselves aligned with customers instead of Big Aluminum, gave more than lip service to the book industry, offered legitimately desirable exclusive titles, showed exactly what you do with their products, pointed out key technological advantages where appropriate, and priced them to move. It was a good show, and I want one of these things now.
• guelo 14y ago
  Customers would want to know what apps the thing can run. Will it be stuck running android's gingerbread apps forever while the rest of the android ecosystem moves on?
  • jpxxx 14y ago
    That's a good question but a non-question, since it 'officially' only runs apps from the Amazon App Store.