#Amazon Kindle Fire Just Hijacked #Android

One aspect of the Amazon Kindle Fire has consistently been understated by the Amazon team: the Kindle Fire runs on Android.
Amazon didn’t hide the fact that Android powers the Kindle Fire — and allows it to access Amazon’s Appstore for Android — but the message is clear. This is not an Android device; this is an Amazon device.
As John Gruber noted on his blog, the only mention of Android on the Kindle Fire product page is in reference to the Amazon App store.
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