I came across this article earlier today and I'm somewhat confused as to what the implications of this may be:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/google-versus-amazon-android/
If Amazon does decide to rework the Android OS to benefit them, how significant could the changes be? Will Google Apps still be able to run on Amazon devices and vice versa? Could Amazon keep the two from being compatible with each other if it wanted to? Would all the app programming still be done in java with the android sdk like it is now or could Amazon branch off with it's own SDK? How different could something like that become?
I'm trying to figure out what the implications of this could be. It sounds like they want to make the Android OS App experience more like the iPad and iPhone, in which case what do you predict they will do?
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In ideal world where there is a constant connection these devices would make sense but there is too often downtime. I mean there are plenty of apps on both Android and iOS that don't require a constant connection to the net.
What is your guess as to what will happen with these Chrome Books? Are any of these Chrome Apps capable of running offline. What language do Chrome Apps use? Do they use any offline code? Can any of them run offline? If not, how difficult do you think it would be for Google to throw Android apps onto Chrome Books? Do you think they would ever be likely to do that or is it more likely that we'll see a whole new SDK for Chrome Books, in which case would it still be Java and resemble any of the same structure as Android Apps?