10-27-2012, 03:19 PM | #16 | |
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Sony, Nintendo, Blackberry, loads of others can and do lock out anybody they care to. Sony, for one, can (and has) locked out apps they explicitly invited onto their platform. Amazon and B&N do it too. Any number can play the lockout game except the Microsofties. |
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10-28-2012, 09:33 AM | #17 |
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10-28-2012, 12:00 PM | #18 |
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It is open enough that the OEMs can install whatever application they want (or are paid) to install on their RT tablets.
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A Windows 8 (as opposed to Windows 8 RT) machine --be it tablet, desktop, or laptop -- can install EITHER the new "modern UI" Kindle application or the regular Kindle for PC application. I've actually got both running here. (I've been running Windows 8 on my laptop since August.)
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