Amazon's Appstore

Lots of interesting stuff going on at the Android front at the moment.

The Amazon Appstore is a significant milestone, in my opinion. I installed it yesterday and it's a beautiful piece of software.

They have a lot of room to improve upon and differentiate themselves from the Android Market. Contrary to some analysts' view of how it will compete against Google, I think it will complement the Market quite nicely and become a mandatory app on every Android device.

The argument that multiple markets is confusing underestimates the intelligence of users and highlights the difference between Google's and Apple's approach to design (distributed vs. centralized).

Things will get even more interesting if Amazon decides to go with Android on future iterations of the Kindle. With their amazing cloud platform and retail reach, Amazon could become a real Android powerhouse. If this was ever to happen, it would catapult the platform to new levels.