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Daithi · 09-02-2011, 05:55 PM

Great article!

Personally, I think I'll wait for the 10" model next year. However, I realize a lot of people are really looking forward to the 7" model, and I'm happy for y'all.

I'm really not up on the ins-n-outs of Android, but from the article it looks like Amazon has customized Android to create their own version that will run their apps, but may not run all Android Apps. Am I interpreting that part of the article correctly? If so, will this be a big deal? I mean are there Google Apps that are must haves? Or is the concept of just not supporting industry standards enough to rub you the wrong way?

09-02-2011, 05:55 PM	#23
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Great article! Personally, I think I'll wait for the 10" model next year. However, I realize a lot of people are really looking forward to the 7" model, and I'm happy for y'all. I'm really not up on the ins-n-outs of Android, but from the article it looks like Amazon has customized Android to create their own version that will run their apps, but may not run all Android Apps. Am I interpreting that part of the article correctly? If so, will this be a big deal? I mean are there Google Apps that are must haves? Or is the concept of just not supporting industry standards enough to rub you the wrong way? Last edited by Daithi; 09-02-2011 at 05:59 PM.