[Q] Is the Amazon software baked in the Verizon Note 2?

[randomjoebob]

It looks like the Droid DNA is going to have Amazon software baked into the OS.
http://phandroid.com/2012/11/13/verizon-preloading-amazon-ecosystem-on-android-devices/

Does anyone know if Verizon's version of the Note 2 will have this?

I read an article about the new release of Ubuntu that baked the Amazon into the search.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/09/ubuntu-bakes-amazon-search-results-into-os-to-raise-cash/

 

[imnuts]

Looking at the Odin dump that is in the Development section, there is Amazon software bundled with the phone, but I don't know if it is the same as what the DNA has or not. Until both phones are in the wild and you can compare system dumps, it will be hard to tell.

 

[ronaldheld]

Can't you freeze those apps?

 

[JaguarXT]

Good question. We will have to see. Hopefully you can control how search results work for you. After all Android is all about making it work for you the way you want it. What I don't want is if I am searching for something unrelated to buying stuff on Amazon and yet get bunch of search results from Amazon.
In having the Google Play Store within these devices with Amazon's ecosystem, this is all about how Google feelings about this. I know Google doesn't want competition when it comes to ecosystems. But I know that Google doesn't want to cut it's own throat by leaving Google Play Store from Verizon's (biggest carrier) Android devices. So my money is in that both ecosystems will be in Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
For me as long as I can manage how search works for me and allow full control and access to both ecosystems I don't mind. For me I use both ecosystems on my Android right now.
It would be cool to have an Amazon app to watch videos from Amazon. Way cool!