"So why, aside from these pricing differences, would consumers want to use this Amazon App Store at all? There are a few answers to that question.
The first is that there are manufacturers making Android devices that decide not to partner with Google to offer the official suite of Google applications (including Android Market)."
The market is available independent of google apps, the only bar required to get the android market is to show that the device you are shipping meats API compatibility, which I assume Amazon will want to enforce as well (who wants to distribute an app to a device that has hacked android to the point of API incompatibility?).
That said, this looks cool, and at the very least this will light a fire under the asses of the android market team!
The first is that there are manufacturers making Android devices that decide not to partner with Google to offer the official suite of Google applications (including Android Market)."
The market is available independent of google apps, the only bar required to get the android market is to show that the device you are shipping meats API compatibility, which I assume Amazon will want to enforce as well (who wants to distribute an app to a device that has hacked android to the point of API incompatibility?).
That said, this looks cool, and at the very least this will light a fire under the asses of the android market team!