Amazon's Android store: Disruptive or just meeting a market
need?  Summary:Amazon took its first steps to developing an
Android app store and the move is being portrayed as a zero sum
effort that will make things potentially more confusing for
developers. The reality: Amazon just makes the Android app pie
bigger.   TechCrunch sums up Amazon's Android app store as an
exercise in fragmentation, curation and recommendations. CNet
News' Stephen Shankland notes that Android is "getting a notch
more complicated for developers."  In a nutshell, Amazon is now
opening its store for developers. You submit applications and
Amazon approves them much like Apple does on its App Store. For
Android apps, Amazon is a needed entry to the market. Google's
Android marketplace is a bit Wild West. Some of us like Wild
West. Most of us like a bit of curation. Toss in the fact most
of us trust Amazon and it's a good candidate to do the Android
app filtering thing. You can have a curated Android marketplace
as well as one that will g