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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by iwwr on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @03:52AM (#2070412)
Would the various "markets" inter-operate? Does the device sold with operator firmware have access to the Amazon Android Market?
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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by jrockway on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:23AM (#2070668)
Yes. As with any real computing device, you can install software from anywhere. In Android, you have to check a checkbox first, but that's all.
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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by CrazedGeek on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @08:12AM (#2070835)
Not necessarily... AT&T blocks non-Market apps on their phones.
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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by jrockway on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @08:20AM (#2070847)
Any company whose logo is the Death Star...
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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by dalore on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:23AM (#2070579)
I would assume that Amazon would release an app in the default Google Android appstore which would then let the user access the Amazon Android appstore.
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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by jcl on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @12:58PM (#2071720)
...which is explicitly banned by Google's Android Market Agreement:

4.5 Non-Compete. You may not use the Market to distribute or make available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.

http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.h...

More likely, they'd make arrangements with carriers/manufacturers to have the app pre-installed, much as they do with their current Amazon MP3 app.

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Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop... by te_chris on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @07:12AM (#2070740)
The marketplace is just an app, remember.
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