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Originally Posted by kjk
I was responding to Andrew's comment about how Amazon never felt the need to release an MP3 player, so no reason for them to release a tablet, even though they are selling apps. Is that enough of a connection to the tablet discussion for you?
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I don't know, maybe. Let's see:
You are suggesting that the REASON Amazon did not produce an mp3 player is because the "mp3 player war was over?"
I think Amazon ONLY started selling music at all because the mp3 war (format, really, not player....the whole point of the war is that we can all play the same mp3s on any player, even the iPod) was over, and there was a market for additional content they could add to their retail website. That is, not only would they not have considered making a player, but they would not have gotten into the music business at all had the war not been over.
Sort of the same way they only started selling books a few centuries after the printing press was well established and lots of people could read....
It's actually kind of surprising to me that they made the Kindle at all. They really jump started the ereader/book industry. Ask most of the casual public and they'll probably tell you they thought Amazon invented the ereader. They might has well have, considering how few people knew of them before.
So was that an anomalous one-time thing, a synergy brought about by Amazon's unique ties to both books and technology , or a sign of things to come, and the kind of business opportunities they will looking to get into in the future?
OK, yes, that was enough of a connection to the tablet discussion for me. Thanks for asking.
ApK