Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet: Not quite as open as we thought

As Jim points out, what people didn't expect was that the Kindle Fire would close off users access to competing apps. Well - that's not a problem anymore - from the Xda-developers forum member Jolleyboy has posted a guide for installing the Android Market on Amazon’s tablet. It’s not necessarily for beginners, since it requires you to root the tablet and change the the permissions of the /system/app directory.

And I am certain that very soon you'll be able to have your Ice cream sandwich on a Fire pretty soon.

Amplify’d from www.zdnet.com

While the tech-savvy crowd quickly determined that as tablets they could be used for content from outside sources, the reality is just settling in that outside content may not be as welcome as first thought.

Not surprisingly, Amazon has the Kindle app preinstalled for buying and reading ebooks. Kindle Fire buyers wanting to use competing apps and ebookstores will notice they are available in the Amazon Appstore but not visible on the Fire. You can see them in the Amazon Appstore on desktop browsers, but not on the Fire.

Not quite as open as it appears.

Given the approach the companies have taken so far, it leads me to wonder what they will do when the expected hacking begins in earnest. Read more at www.zdnet.com

 

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