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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
The analogy of the 87 mp3 players vs iPods is flawed on two counts. One, there are a lot of people consuming music on mp3 players that are NOT by Apple; and two, Android tablets from very diverse manufacturers will share a common OS and app store.
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I think that will be a big step forward for Android. As I understand it, at the moment each tablet manufacturer has to run their oen store, as tablets don't have access to the current smartphone store.
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Since Amazon will be on Android with its Kindle ebooks, and Apple will not, Apple will again leave itself exposed on the ebook front. The impact on Apple is relatively minimal since they really aren't in the static text ebook game. But Amazon, B&N and Kobo (and maybe Sony) are and Android helps all three with Apple on the sidelines.
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I'm not convinced Apple really cares if the iBookstore suceeds or not. They wanted to have the reading ability in from day one so they could advertise it, and I suspect wanted something they controlled so they didn't end up totally at Amazon's beck and call, but as long as people are buying the hardware I don't think they care which app they are using.