No shock. Just pointing out that Fire customers won't have to wait two years after its introduction to get wireless syncing.
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Amazon Set to Unveil $199 'Kindle Fire' Tablet
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No shock. Just pointing out that Fire customers won't have to wait two years after its introduction to get wireless syncing.
Hope it has an sd card slot. If so I give it 2 weeks before its hacked to run the full android os
I highly doubt Apple will reduce their price. Think of it this way, Amazon HAD to have a cheap price like that with their software offering. From everything I've seen, so far, this is purely a media consumption device. It does not have the power to drive "business apps" like the iPad does (financial, medical, media production, gen. business, etc...). Without the power of these apps, I think amazon hit the nail on pricing @ $200. This is purely consumption device. Now iPad, at first it seemed it was purely consumption, but because of the power of the apps, it has grown into, you can argue, a viable laptop replacement. I know we replace my wifes macbook with an iPad. I can't believe I'm saying this, but apple is positioned, whether intentional or not, to bring tablets mainstream in the workplace. There's a lot more that goes into my thoughts, but I don't want to ramble on anymore. My 2 cents.
We should make a friendly wager I think this will be huge for Amazon, and give the iPad a serious run for its money.
In any case, it's going to be fun to watch
Competition is good for all consumers. As an Apple fanboy, I hope Amazon hits a homerun. Bring it on Amazon!
well considering the technology is becoming mainstream available at the same time, it's not a surprise. they'd have had to do the same if they released 2 years ago
c'mon Apple.... what are you waiting for? sue them!!! I'm sure they are using something you can claim you invented - like the use of a button to turn it on/off, or the thin rectangular shape, or touching the device for it to interact with the user.... anything! just keep anyone from competing and we'll all be all right.
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No it is not .. the iPad is sold with a huge margin and washes millions into Apples bank account.
And, no it is not .. the iPad dominates the tablet market because it is pretty much the only working product out there. All the Android tablets I tried seemed overly sluggish and underpowered. Apple was smart enough to avoid that and came up with something that works.
Which is exactly why this Amazon tablet could potentially be a real competitor for a change. Amazon has proven in the past to also be able to come up with products that work for the customers and additionally they are really aggressive about getting into certain markets (to the point where they take losses to gain a good market position).
I do agree however .. I am not sure about a 7" choice .. would be the wrong size for me .. I feel the iPad is borderline to small for many tasks.
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I'd be more interested if it can be hacked to run the full iOS 5 operating system
Decent points, but, to spend $199 just to read a book or watch a movie, when you have to subscribe $79 per year to watch movies, is it worth it? With the iPad, you can do much, much more, granted, at a higher price.
For me, this does not fly.
The original Kindles were for book reading, all well and good - eink making them last on one charge for months.
Now with this one, they are just bringing in another tablet to the market, all be it with some neat apps to mask what is ANDROID underneath.
It's cheap, which appeals for some - especially android phone users, but it's 7" display I'm sure will be leaving buyer a little wanting if they are going to watch movies on it.
The original Kindles were for book reading, all well and good - eink making them last on one charge for months.
Now with this one, they are just bringing in another tablet to the market, all be it with some neat apps to mask what is ANDROID underneath.
It's cheap, which appeals for some - especially android phone users, but it's 7" display I'm sure will be leaving buyer a little wanting if they are going to watch movies on it.
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Liquid ink? :O sounds...revolutionary!
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Liquid ink? :O sounds...revolutionary!
Yeah, sounds like a much improved version of what Opera is doing with Opera Mini (where all the rendering is off loaded to the cloud). Definitely sounds like a good use of EC2 for Amazon and would make the browsing experience much better on mobile devices.
7" IPS and a dual core for $199? Time to tell the masses around here. Not to mention all those Kindle books they can get at the library.
Thank you. I tried searching for an coverage of this, and even Google kept pointing me back to the MacRumors site. Is there not an AmazonRumors site?
well considering the technology is becoming mainstream available at the same time, it's not a surprise. they'd have had to do the same if they released 2 years ago
Ahhh, so wireless technology is only just now becoming mainstream!
FYI, the Zune had wifi syncing when it was released 5 years ago, it isn't exactly rocket science. This has always been an obvious missing feature from the iOS devices. It's great to finally be getting it (whenever 5 comes), but let's not make excuses for something that Apple should have had years ago.