[jinushaun]

Which is exactly why Amazon should've bought WebOS. As far as they're concerned, Kindle Fire users buy Kindle apps, not Android apps. Under the cover, Amazon could've picked any platform. At least with WebOS, they control the whole thing.

[r00fus]

They still can, and should, probably, at least for the patents.

I imagine that Microsoft, Google, Apple, et. al are busy aiming their patent lawyers at Amazon.