Amazon goes shopping

There are reports Amazon is interested in buying Palm (and WebOS). The first suggestion is that picking up WebOS and it’s associated IP at a discount would allow Amazon create platforms for delivery of its content and services without being dependent on Google.

I think an interesting question is whether Kindle OS, with a great library of content could be more attractive for hardware manufacturers than Android, now that Google owns Motorola? Same holds for Windows Phone when Microsoft is now in bed with Nokia.

This could be about more than just Amazon’s devices - they want the Kindle software on multiple platforms. Why not get Kindle OS aka WebOS on multiple devices?