Thread: Amazon Tablet May Cost Hundreds Less Than iPad
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Old 08-30-2011, 12:51 PM   #105
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Originally Posted by boswd View Post
I would be shocked if Amazon didn't do a custom skin UI for their tablet.
It's a catch 22 for Amazon. If they chose to alter the OS like B&N their on their own and the latest Android OS they'll be running is Gingerbread. The product will be obsolete the minute it comes out.

Given that Google has not released the HC source and if you noticed not one vendor has altered the HC interface I'd be surprised if Amazon comes out with a skinned OS that has HC.

Also using the B&N approach goes against what Amazon is doing which is promoting it's Appstore which is open to any android device. Really the best play for Amazon is to ship with the latest version of Android and have their apps heavily integrated with the OS.

However I have this sinking feeling Amazon won't do that. What I suspect will happen is they will have a 7" model that uses the B&N approach and their Hollywood model 10" will be an Android tablet unmodified.
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