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SensualPoet · 05-15-2011, 08:48 AM

Actually, carld, you can get an Apple® - iPad™ with Wi-Fi - 16GB at places like Best Buy in the US for $399. But now that the iPad 2 is out ... it still seems expensive, doesn't it?

And, Otterbooks, time will tell of course. But the likelihood that Amazon would also get into Amazon branded smartphones ... simply not going to happen. Amazon is not a CE company: it is a retailer of other people's goods and entertainment content.

Amazon is a very well run company with a clear vision of where it is going and how it got to where it is today. It is a conduit, not a manufacturer.

05-15-2011, 08:48 AM	#119
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Actually, carld, you can get an Apple® - iPad™ with Wi-Fi - 16GB at places like Best Buy in the US for $399. But now that the iPad 2 is out ... it still seems expensive, doesn't it? And, Otterbooks, time will tell of course. But the likelihood that Amazon would also get into Amazon branded smartphones ... simply not going to happen. Amazon is not a CE company: it is a retailer of other people's goods and entertainment content. Amazon is a very well run company with a clear vision of where it is going and how it got to where it is today. It is a conduit, not a manufacturer.