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Originally Posted by MGlitch
So you had to modify your fire hdx in order to gain access to other bookstores.
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Nope. No jail breaking to install Nook and Kobo apps on my Fire. Just had to do the following ...
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
No, you just change a standard Android setting to allow installation of APK files.
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Turn on "allow unknown sources," install the the app, turn off "allow unknown resources." No jail breaking, this feature is built into Amazon Fires.
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And you can also jailbreak Apple devices. ...
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Again, no jail break required. The feature is built in.
Apple can do what they want with their eBook store. But if they want to compete with Amazon, it's seems pretty silly to immediately cut yourself off from over half of your potential customers. And the those who do own Apple devices are (quite often) already in the habit of buying books from Amazon. It's their choice, but the reason Android phones outsell iPhones by a lot (75% of the market compared to Apple's 22%) is because Apple originally made an exclusive deal with AT&T. I guess they figured everyone would drop Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon to get an iPhone. They didn't anticipate Verizon's Droid push and the rise of Android.