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Title: Amazon Looks To Ditch Homegrown Software For Android in Fire Tablet
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Link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/201240/am...

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of
escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's
homegrown operating system. Reuters: As part of a project known internally as
Kittyhawk, Amazon plans to release a higher-end tablet as soon as next year
offering the Android operating system software for the first time, according
to six people familiar with the matter. Since the Fire tablet's introduction
in 2011, Amazon has used what is known as a "forked" version of Android with
custom modifications that make it work like a unique operating system. [...]
The first Amazon Android tablet, slated for next year, will be pricier than
current models, the people said. One of them said Amazon had discussed a $400
price tag, nearly double the cost of its current higher-end $230 Fire Max 11
tablet. IPads, by comparison, range from $350 to $1,200. Reuters could not
learn additional specifications for the planned Amazon tablet, such as screen
size and speaker quality or memory capacity. Amazon historically has avoided
using software or other products from third parties, preferring to develop
the services in-house or, barring that, to acquire a competitor.

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