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iPad Competitors: Kindle to Remain Focused on Reading While Dell Announces Streak Mini-Tablet
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Heard the Nook is an even better device because it supports WIFI and allows you to share books with a friend, and it has a cleaner interface.
I've read rumors that the Streak will cost around $1000. With versions of the iPad for half that, the iphone and other smartphones even cheaper, who would spend $1000 on a 5" Dell device?
All iPad Gripes Checked
This thing checks all of the iPad gripes:
1. Front facing camera
2. Back facing camera
3. GPS
4. SD Slot
5. User replaceable battery.
So now we will see how great it is for video conferencing . . . . . . . Well, we would if the operating system supported it! Can you imagine Apple adding a front facing camera for video chat and then saying "well we don't actually have an App for that, but it will be great when there is one!"
I have an iPad, but I have no use for an iPhone because I barely get much use out of my Tracfone. I therefore fall in to the iTouch category, except that the iTouch lacks all the iPhone features I would like such as camera and GPS. This would be an interesting alternative to the iPod Touch. It is not an alternative to the iPad because of the low screen resolution.
This thing checks all of the iPad gripes:
1. Front facing camera
2. Back facing camera
3. GPS
4. SD Slot
5. User replaceable battery.
So now we will see how great it is for video conferencing . . . . . . . Well, we would if the operating system supported it! Can you imagine Apple adding a front facing camera for video chat and then saying "well we don't actually have an App for that, but it will be great when there is one!"
I have an iPad, but I have no use for an iPhone because I barely get much use out of my Tracfone. I therefore fall in to the iTouch category, except that the iTouch lacks all the iPhone features I would like such as camera and GPS. This would be an interesting alternative to the iPod Touch. It is not an alternative to the iPad because of the low screen resolution.
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Dell, like everyone else, is just milking the widespread windoze lock-in.
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Two thoughts:
Applications for a black and white screen?... I have a feeling no matter how long I spend thinking about this one, I will only ever come up with etchasketch, and still have no idea how the interface would work. Actually, the Kindle does look a bit like an etchasketch. So, the SDK looks rather like a desperate mee too move.
Dell Streak...
Oh dear. I think I'll eat my ancient South African leather hat if this thing sells in any serious quantities. I'll give a $100 to charity the first time I see one - if I can stop laughing long enough.
Applications for a black and white screen?... I have a feeling no matter how long I spend thinking about this one, I will only ever come up with etchasketch, and still have no idea how the interface would work. Actually, the Kindle does look a bit like an etchasketch. So, the SDK looks rather like a desperate mee too move.
Dell Streak...
Oh dear. I think I'll eat my ancient South African leather hat if this thing sells in any serious quantities. I'll give a $100 to charity the first time I see one - if I can stop laughing long enough.
What will you say when after the iPod MaxiPad, Apple will release the 5-7" versions? I'm sure that this screen size can serve a lot of customers who don't want a 10" screen. Archos already proved that there is a market...
Yes, the Kindle can do one thing. BUT it can do that one thing better than the iPad. That's the point of e-readers. When quality colour e-paper screens become commercially viable, these devices will be able to serve a much wider audience than Apple.
That's right. It overlaps with Apple's target market somewhat, but certainly not entirely. I think that's why the two companies can co-exist.
(Where a lot of people gets confused is that they think there's only one market and that companies have to directly compete with each other; that's not necessarily the case if you can identify a large enough market that doesn't encroach on another company's....)
Huh??? Sure. Lots of books out there with multi-color ink. Almost choked laughing at that one.
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At least Streak has a camera, unlike other tablets I know of
Less crappy cameras on devices is a good thing from my perspective.
I am tired of people uploading crappy pictures to the internet which they have taken with really crappy cameras in some device that is not intended to be a camera.
The less blurry, small-sized pictures available on the web, then the better.
If something is worth taking a picture of, then use a decent camera. That's my view.
That would be crazy. Its bigger than an iPhone so I could see it selling for more $200 but it has to be less than an iPad or it makes no sense. If its half the size but more expensive who is going to buy it.
Looking at it, it looks like a $250 device to me. An interesting size but I would have to hold one in my hand to see if it was bigger enough to make web bing better enough than an iPhone/iPod Touch to be interesting.
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And thank god (insert your own imaginary person that you pray to here) for that! Who wants this tiny Dell "tablet"?
As long as Apple still releases certain products first in the US, such as the iPad, then Dell can do whatever they like.
Dell can even release their latest, greatest thing exclusively in North Korea, and that would be fine by me too!
Bad example.What happened to the rumored Kindle SDK? I was looking forward to games like this:
I actually don't get it at all. It's too big to be a phone, too small to be useful as an internet/reading device, IMO. The screen in the EVO 4G looks amazing, but even then I believe it's going a bit too far. A cellphone is a cellphone, come on!
About the Kindle, well those who like reading a lot and want a device that's specialized for reading will still prefer it. Those another kind of device, something that allows them to do many more things will want an iPad. I honestly don't really them as direct competitors.
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Isn't Apple already eating a big chunk out of Amazon's sales of the kindle?
I think that there's a big segment of the market who do want to read ebooks etc., but they also want to be able to do a gazillion other things with their device, such as surf the web, watch movies, listen to music, play games etc. All of the people who fit under that huge category will get an iPad and not a Kindle.
