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Originally Posted by carld
anamardoll, I agree.
If Amazon puts out an open tablet I'll be interested. If I have to root it to get full use out of it, Ill have to think twice. I'm in the market for a tablet, and while I really like the iPad2's hardware, I'm not interested in bowing and scraping to Apple to use it.
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Right! And that's the thing: tablet shoppers want different things from the market.
1. Some people want a cheap android tablet that they can do whatever they want to, even if it takes some fiddling: these people have likely bought the Nook Color.
2. Some people want a fully functional out-of-the-box android tablet that they can do whatever they want to without fiddling: these people have bought a Galaxy Tab.
3. Some people want a shiny tablet that has an established following and runs the Apple app store: these people have an iPad.
Unless Amazon is willing to make a "Galaxy Tab" (i.e., full functionality) for the "Nook Color" price (i.e., competitively priced), it seems like their market share will be limited to people who:
A. Want a tablet and trust Amazon to provide a solid functionality for their first foray into the android tablet/smart phone world.
B. Want a tablet to mod and for whatever reason (hardware differences?) didn't get a Nook Color.
C. Want an Amazon tablet and don't mind re-buying all their apps (or they have all they want from the free-a-day promotion).
Even if you're using the Kindle app, Cloud Storage, Video on Demand, Music Streaming, and all the other bells and whistles from Amazon, I *think* you can already access all those things on a Galaxy Tab or a modded Nook Color.
Who knows - maybe they'll release a $100 tablet that's ad supported.
