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Originally Posted by Ankh
That's very interesting way of putting it. One could argue that Kobo's little scheme to use Android software base but cripple the device with lack of access to Google Play had backfired.
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Er, Kobo would have had little choice in the matter, given the hardware - it's completely up to Google whether or not a device is (officially) allowed into the Android Market/Google Play. As far as I can remember from reading the design requirements for an Android 2.3 device to be allowed into the official store, the Kobo Vox only barely qualifies, and even then only if the person dealing with Kobo's application is feeling generous and decides to give them breaks on the various features a device "should" have.
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I think that it became obvious to Kobo that they have two options:- Either bite the bullet, fix the software, and stay away from the "Pinky & the Brain" schemes in the future, or
- Wait for the device to be hacked and irritate their existing customers.
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Users are just as likely to run into dodgy APKs on Google Play as they are on GetJar. Most problems in that area, though, are from users just tech savvy enough to install APKs from random sites on the 'Net.