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Re:Google is losing control of Android by davidw on Sunday April 29, 2012 @12:54PM (#3906361)
Yep. I think if anything, the hacked version of Android is a drawback to the Fire. I know that I find the lack of the Google apps, and the 'real' Android market quite annoying. I suppose 'ordinary user' types of people probably don't notice as much, but I still see it hard for even a giant like Amazon to overcome the momentum behind the 'real' Android.
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Re:Google is losing control of Android by protomyth on Sunday April 29, 2012 @01:26PM (#3906433)
The problem comes when the Kindle Fire is the most common tablet Android, and the rest of the Android tablets are seen as the "hacked / incompatible" versions. Given the Kindle Fire is now over 50% of the Android tablets sold[1], that might not be a long time. Citi's recent announcement of its Kindle Fire app[2] tends to worry me.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2012/04/27/...

[2] http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-launches-first-banking...

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