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Originally Posted by afv011
Very good hardware at excellent prices. Shame about the forked version of android though.
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Agree.
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It's a bit odd to see Amazon incorporate the sort of decision I'd expect from HTC. Customizing the Android OS to the point it's unrecognizable seems like a fun idea until development of the primary OS overtakes and supplants the customizations, which will also render hardware designed for the modified OS less adaptable.
Companies can't rely on the idea that people will constantly buy new hardware. They have to respect the customer's faith that, in the event the next two iterations are unaffordable or unavailable, the customer's previous purchase will be fully functional for years.
That's why so many of us still own a Kindle Keyboard: Its feature set is unique and its functionality is unimpaired.