09-26-2011, 10:12 AM | #1 |
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Amazon to capture "entertainment" tablet market
Near the end of this article, the author makes the case that most tablet users don't buy the device for business use, and that Amazon is poised to capture those consumers through price.
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09-26-2011, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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Still too early to tell. However I would like to see Apple offer "specials" like Amazon does with its Prime Membership. On the other hand, IOS 5 is just around the corner. Looks like the next couple of weeks is going to be a whilrwind for the ereader/tablet markets! Looking forward to it....
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09-26-2011, 10:26 AM | #3 |
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09-26-2011, 12:00 PM | #4 | |
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Apple is apparently cutting back iPad production by 25%, for the XMAS season. Probably has more to do with the looming depression than Amazon, though. Regardless, it's going to be interesting to see what Amazon/B&N/Kobo are bringing out for XMAS. |
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09-26-2011, 12:15 PM | #6 |
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If the price does come out to be comprable to the color nook, I doubt that Amazon will grap that much of the market with a heck of a fight. On the other hand, B&N has done a fairly poor job so far at servicing any market other than ebooks with the color nook, and Amazon is a tough competitor, so a heck of a fight might be just what they have in mind.
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09-26-2011, 12:44 PM | #7 |
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"Amazon’s willingness to sell the Kindle e-reader at a loss — it dropped to $114 from $399 in less than four years — will doubtless be duplicated with its tablets. "
Is this a known fact? "Mr. DiClemente, the Barclays analyst, is another Amazon skeptic. He thinks it will sell two million units this year. “The great thing about the Kindle is that it was really the first e-reader,” he said. “With the tablet, Amazon is a follower. That’s never as good.” " But the Kindle wasn't the first e-reader. I agree with the skeptics, though. The smaller screen is a definite "no" factor for me. I might have considered it if it had been 10". IIRC, the processor is one of the most expensive parts. Will Amazon offer graphics and processing power comparable to the iPad's? I also wonder, though, whether Amazon will subsidize the cost with ad-support. I'm thinking they will, and possibly that might give them the ability to offer it at an even lower price. |
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Amazon may very will do a Special Offers version of its tablets to lower costs. |
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09-26-2011, 02:26 PM | #12 | |
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Then there is this "Amazon is so different from Apple because their plan is to make money from content", etc etc, as if the iTunes store does not exist. ...and the "first e-reader" comment. I'm beginning to think that these market analysts make a living by literally just making stuff up and hopping it turns out correct, or that nobody notices when it isn't. Same with the journalists who quote them. |
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I do know that as of 2009, Bezos made clear he was not interested in selling the Kindle at a loss, unless customers demanded it: Quote:
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09-26-2011, 02:39 PM | #15 | |
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What's really going to sell the Amazon tablet is not specs, but the Amazon ecosystem. If you look at the Kindle, its specs are no better than the other e-ink readers and its design is like something out of 1985.Yet it connects smoothly and simply to the world's best ebook store. That's why it dominates. |
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