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stonetools · 09-05-2011, 10:40 AM

The problem I see with B & N's approach is that it's not really clear that they achieved their their major goal, which is to sell more B & N stuff. The hackers who bought the NCs seem to take pride in saying that the first thing they did was to install the Kindle app!
Still, B & N may be playing the long game. I don't know that the Android developer community has given back much to B &N as a result of this, but maybe it will benefit them in the end. Amazon is likely to think B&N took the wrong approach by making the NC too open, and from a business POV, they may be right.

09-05-2011, 10:40 AM	#125
stonetools Wizard Posts: 2,016 Karma: 2838487 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Ipad, IPhone	The problem I see with B & N's approach is that it's not really clear that they achieved their their major goal, which is to sell more B & N stuff. The hackers who bought the NCs seem to take pride in saying that the first thing they did was to install the Kindle app! Still, B & N may be playing the long game. I don't know that the Android developer community has given back much to B &N as a result of this, but maybe it will benefit them in the end. Amazon is likely to think B&N took the wrong approach by making the NC too open, and from a business POV, they may be right. Last edited by stonetools; 09-05-2011 at 11:03 AM.