Comment: Strange analysis... (Score 1) 214
'Consider the Kindle Fire example: Just like Amazon picked the Android lock, Samsung could grab the Android Open Source code and create its own unlicensed but fully legal smartphone OS and still benefit from a portion of Android apps, or it could build its own app store the way Amazon did,'
I wouldn't call forking an Open Source project "picking the lock".
The Kindle Fire has no camera, GPS, or core Google apps (Maps, Gmail, Talk, Voice, Google+, etc)
Samsung's success has been through shipping flagship devices, not crippled ones at rock bottom prices.