Re:”No one at Google is Returning Our Calls”
by Zigurd on Friday December 27, 2013 @09:03AM
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Nobody, not even Oppo with their CyanogenMod-based Android, is selling an Android product in developed-world markets without Google Play and the rest of Google's app suite.
The real alternative is expensive: Build your own ecosystem, as Amazon has.
Re:”No one at Google is Returning Our Calls”
by richardwhiuk on Friday December 27, 2013 @09:13AM
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You seem to have come up with the refutation to your claim, but then ignored it anyway. The Kindle Fire [1] does run Android and does not have the Play Store - it has the Amazon app store instead.
Re:”No one at Google is Returning Our Calls”
by guelo on Friday December 27, 2013 @12:41PM
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He said "The real alternative is expensive: Build your own ecosystem, as Amazon has."
Re:”No one at Google is Returning Our Calls”
by zentiggr on Friday December 27, 2013 @12:14PM
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Sure - the 'smaller-brand' ICS tablet I have got its apps from the Amazon App Store almost exclusively, with a few sideloads for good measure. Figured out how to get Play services on to it, and have the best _and_ worst of two worlds :)
("Figured out how to" is its own death-knell, I know, in some circles. Not that clueless.)
is simply false. You have everything needed for a "phone" and even for a "smartphone", you simply miss google services that might (West in particular) or might not (East in particular) be perceived as a must have by consumer.
See for example all the android-based phone that ship with alternative markets, maps and similar services.