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Amazon's Fire TV Is Powerful, but Voice Search Limitations Hamper User Experience
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This argument is tired and boring now. Its the same argument for every product that comes out. Ive summarised below.
Before Apple
- The product is rushed trying to be first to market.
After Apple
- They have copied Apple.
Yeah, Apple fans deriding a product for poor voice control is laughable. It can't possibly be worse than Siri.
Now if Apple or Amazon could get the high accuracy voice control that Google's app has, these devices could get going....
Speak for yourself there Monsieur Poutine. Kindles came out on the same day and many, many, many people use Prime in Canada, both for streaming via VPN and shipping to package pick-up shops (but not in Quebec perhaps). If you are going to speak for Canada then get your facts straight.....and be in Canada.
I'm confused as to why anyone would need one of these. There are apps for streaming stuff on everything, DVR, Blue - Ray, DVD, TV... and they mostly stream all the same stuff.
Unless, content providers are going to stop giving their Apps out to OEM and then we're going to end up with a whole bunch of little boxes under our TVs. IF that is where we're headed god help us.
Unless, content providers are going to stop giving their Apps out to OEM and then we're going to end up with a whole bunch of little boxes under our TVs. IF that is where we're headed god help us.
So if Apple has something that is not great, we're not allowed to criticize anyone else for also having something not great? I never said Apple's search is better. In fact I said Apple shouldn't release an updated ATV if they haven't figured out search yet.
That's not fair to Amazon. I think we have a real competitor here and I'm glad to see it. Hopefully the gaming experience for Amazon's box drives quality gaming on the as-yet-unreleased Apple TV App Store.
Umm... Nice pic, now explain why you think it would be a benefit to Fire TV. FYI, it has a similar dual antenna wifi set up to Apple's much more expensive iPad Air which doesn't have AC either.
Well millions of AppleTV, Roku and other streaming devices can think of a reason why they need one.
And since there are still plenty of people without one, I am pretty sure there's a market or all of these companies would just stop selling them
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Do not expect fairness from that poster. Ever.
Not at all. But in this case the negative reviews back up my opinion.
I truly wish I could be more positive about this device. But I can't see any of the huge numbers of Apple TV owners buying into Fire TV. There is no compelling reason to do so.
Is the Amazon Prime selection of quality programming even worse than Netflix? I find that hard to believe, since the selection on Netflix is pretty abysmal.
Oh come on. That's all this forum does is nitpick Apple when they don't get it perfect every time. This issue with Amazon's machine is legit and it should be mentioned and covered all over several sites on the internet....or did you want them to remain hush hush about Amazon's imperfect machine so it may continue to upstage the Apple TV?
There's nothing wrong with wishful thinking as long as you can separate it from the reality. Competition is good. But I just don't see the Fire TV as a serious competitor to the fully baked Apple TV experience.
Negative reviews? Its scored higher then the Apple TV in reviews.
Why do you think this is purely aimed at Apple TV owners? You do realise how huge Amazon and their customer database is dont you?
Imagine Steve Ballmer jumping up and down a stage: „Content, Content, Content, Content, Content, Content“
What does it help -- if voice search perfectly understands what you are looking for -- if that just isn't there? To win the future of TV, Amazons own media store must win the content war. Otherwise its no more than another Netflix box.
Let's see what Apple does this year with ATV. When Cook says it's become more than a hobby then something must be cooking.
It's not aimed purely at Apple TV owners obviously. But whenever you launch a new device, it's normal to compare it to the current market leader.
Amazon is a huge retailer but they have really only succeeded selling digital books so far. Apple is a million miles ahead of them in terms of Music, TV and Movies.
software issues can be fixed via a free update. There's no free update for an underpowered hardware experience.
Of the issues to have, this is the more preferable.
Of the issues to have, this is the more preferable.
Its always the same old "Well lets see what Apple do" argument when a product better then theirs come out.
Ok, well lets see what the Fire 2 does when the comes out........
Dave.UK Hit The Nail On The Head!
It's so strange and laughable in the same how people get so upset when Apple the "Pioneers" of technology don't get a product to market first!! I own every :Apple device known to man and I'm certainly not biased or upset with this fantastic product, AMAZON HIT THE MARK!! Pay homage where it's due and stop crying like babies... Apple TV has lagged behind this growing market in more ways than I can count..
Dave is on par with this statement!
It's so strange and laughable in the same how people get so upset when Apple the "Pioneers" of technology don't get a product to market first!! I own every :Apple device known to man and I'm certainly not biased or upset with this fantastic product, AMAZON HIT THE MARK!! Pay homage where it's due and stop crying like babies... Apple TV has lagged behind this growing market in more ways than I can count..
Dave is on par with this statement!
Where do you get that the Apple TV is a market leader? Anything to back that up?
Are you forgetting the recently re-branded LoveFilm which Amazon own? Does Apple have its own streaming service?