
Those of us who have been contemplating picking up a "cheap" Android device may have noticed a problem: Many of the inexpensive devices have not themselves included the Android Marketplace app for Android, trying instead to tie one to some cheap vendor-specific marketplace selling inferior apps at higher prices. Google has now "Opened Up" the Android Marketplace by offering it directly from your desktop or laptop computer, at: http://market.android.com In specific, many well-known reader apps for Android can be found at: http://market.android.com/apps/BOOKS_AND_REFERENCE/ And/or you can search on the name of an Android-compatible reader app you know of, such as "Kindle." Disclaimer: personally, I don't own an Android device yet, and haven't decided whether to go for a "cheap" Android device, or wait for an Android 3 "tab centric" version such as the Motorola Xoom -- nor have I even decided whether I personally want to support say hypothetically a self-proclaimed "What Me Evil?" company who steals "orphan" copyrights, and who places copypiratical "legalese" on long-out-of-copyright works, not to mention who makes unauthorized derivative works out of copyright websites, including PG.