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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I disagree with this and think that the Bose analogy is dead on. Amazon sold Kindles because it could not sell its books to any other e-ink reader. Bose doesn't need to sell cars because it can install its speakers in any car.
I agree that 10" is better than 7 for media. However, offering a 7" tablet means that you do not have to compete against the iPad. And I think that's the best reason to make a 7" tablet right there - competing against B&N is not something Amazon has ever shied away from.
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Well , maybe they think they can take on the champ
From what you and others are saying, they should just cede the movies/TV shows market to Apple and Netflix and just content themselves with ebooks and whatever crumbs fall from the Itunes' musical table. Oh ye of little faith!
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You're also forgetting electronic games. That's right up there with movies and video and may become the biggest market of all.
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The iPhone 4 has been named as the fastest-selling portable gaming system, after an estimated 1.5 million iPhone 4 handsets were sold on the first day of release back on June 24, 2010. In comparison, the PSP only sol 200,000 units on its launch date in 2005, and the DS took two weeks to move 500,000 units after its launch in 2004. However, neither of those devices functioned also as a smartphone, those this award’s a bit of a stretch.
Nonetheless, the Guinness guys move on to award Apple’s App Store with more than one title including being the most popular application marketplace, the largest downloadable video game store, and having had the largest launch lineup of any gaming system. The App Store has had over 6.5 billion downloads since its launch in July 2008. It also had about 37,362 games available since last September.
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APP STORE RECORDS
I think Amazon definitely wants some of THAT.
Apple has shown with Ios, Itunes and the App Store, what can be done with a platform where hardware, software and merchandising are all tightly integrated.
Google has challenged Apple but has not done so in a focused, systemic way. Amazon thinks it has the focus and the resources to do the job right. I say more power to them. Competition is a good thing.
