09-28-2011, 10:38 AM | #76 |
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Has an Apple "cover-flow" style media browser.
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09-28-2011, 10:39 AM | #77 |
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09-28-2011, 10:40 AM | #78 |
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Very pretty "book-shelf" style interface.
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09-28-2011, 10:40 AM | #79 |
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gorilla glass, 169 ppi
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09-28-2011, 10:42 AM | #80 |
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Free Whispersync-but no 3G. Makes sense.
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09-28-2011, 10:43 AM | #81 |
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The music player interface looks almost exactly like an iPod Touch/iPhone.
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09-28-2011, 10:44 AM | #82 |
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None of those three new devices interests me. I'm sad now.
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09-28-2011, 10:45 AM | #83 |
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Amazon Silk - new web browser
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09-28-2011, 10:45 AM | #84 |
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We have a "split" browser called "Amazon Silk", half on Amazon's cloud servers, half on the Fire, to accelerate web browsing.
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09-28-2011, 10:46 AM | #85 |
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Cloud computing. Pretty big stuff. Tech buzz is gonna be goin' crazy.
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09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #86 |
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So complicated stuff is done in the cloud, and then the rendered page sent to the Fire.
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09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #87 |
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yeah yeah yeah but is it a full Android or will I have to hack it?
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09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #88 |
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A web browser across Whispernet that goes through the EC2 (Amazon Cloud) and uses Amazon Silk. This looks interesting.
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09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #89 |
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09-28-2011, 10:48 AM | #90 |
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