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Technology Stocks : Apple Tankwatch
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From: pyslent9/29/2011 1:55:35 AM
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I can't help but think that eschewing Google services will handicap the Kindle Fire a bit. Will users notice the lack of Google Maps, YouTube, contacts or calendar? Are there alternatives in the Amazon app store?

And here’s the craziest part: on the strength of the entirety of the Amazon ecosystem — Kindle, Whispersync, and so on — the Kindle Fire will be the greatest and most popular Android-powered tablet ever created. By miles and miles and miles. And it’ll happen without Google’s blessing, without Andy Rubin’s blessing, without the Android Market.

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