On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 04:39:09PM +0000, Al Sutton wrote: > In the last two months Amazon have "gone public" with their #Android app > store, and now have an alternative to GAE which I know a number of developers > use for the server side of their apps. To me it looks like Amazon are > positioning themselves to offer a parallel to Googles offering for most > *developers* needs (the reason I stress developers is that there isn't a > currently announced user suite to match Gmail, Calendar, etc.). > > That's why I'm floating the out-there idea the Amazon *might* start getting > actively involved in Android development to make it suit their needs (either > via a fork as some companies have done, or via joining the OHA), and it is > only that, an idea, but it's one I can see has potential so I'm interested to > hear what others think. > > After all this is the water cooler list, not a news service :). > > Al. >
I think Amazon can't afford to ignore Android (or something equivalent). They are basically a department store selling a.o. software and media. If current events are any indication of the future it seems like sale of software in particular, but potentially media in general is moving away not only from physical boxes but also generic downloads towards app stores which are locked to the devices they come on. Combine that with the fact that media consumption in the future will largely happen on some kind of tablet and you can see why they are interested in Android. If Amazon wants to keep selling software, books, music, movies, etc. they will have to join the trend. My guess is that the next Kindle (or the one after that) will be a heavily customized Android tablet bound to Amazon's own app store. The strength of Amazon is that they are sitting on a huge pile of content (beyond books) they can sell to the users of this tablet, they just need a decent OS to run on it... > > On 19 Jan 2011, at 16:17, TreKing wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > So what do people think?, would we welcome a potential Amazon Android fork > > or another deep pocketed company sitting at the helm? > > > > I just read the brief note found on a Google search, so I could be wrong, > > but AFAICT it just seems like an extension to their already existing > > platform that competes with Google App Engine. I don't see what this had to > > do directly with Android, how this is a "potential Amazon Android fork", or > > how this would put Amazon "at the helm" of anything. > > > > Links and quotes would be welcome, I think. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Android Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- Martin Hinsch [email protected] ++44 114 2588687 134 Steade Road S7 1DU Sheffield UK CEES Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies Biologisch Centrum Kerklaan 30 Postbus 14 9750 AA Haren Netherlands -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
