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fjtorres · 10-01-2011, 05:46 PM

Let's see:
Amazon just matched the better features of their competitors (touchscreen, bundled non-english dicts, multi-language gui, library ebooks, color lcd model--although the Fire isn't a reader nor is it locked down like the NC, but still...) and it is merely "iterative" (sic)?

When are those "technical leader" competitors going to "iterate" or imitate some cloud-based features, commercial audio ebooks, tts, real page numbers, 3g, etc?

Come on guys, let's be serious!
I'm not likely to be buying any one of those new Kindles, not do I own Amazon stock, but I'm not going to pretend that Amazon didn't just match their competitors' most prominent features and differentiators, while those same competitors have yet to match Kindle's signature features from years past.
And that's without bringing up the Special Offers.

If Amazon is copying competitors' signature features it is because they are fierce competitors unwilling to yield an inch, with a poker player's mentality. ("I'll see your touchscreen and raise you cloud archival of personal documents and x-ray indexing of ebooks. Your move.") That is a plus, not a minus.

Amazon is a deadly competitor, don't help them out by underestimating *their* technical prowess.

Edit: Fanboyism and misinformation helps nobody; active, vigorous competition helps everybody.

10-01-2011, 05:46 PM	#50
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Let's see: Amazon just matched the better features of their competitors (touchscreen, bundled non-english dicts, multi-language gui, library ebooks, color lcd model--although the Fire isn't a reader nor is it locked down like the NC, but still...) and it is merely "iterative" (sic)? When are those "technical leader" competitors going to "iterate" or imitate some cloud-based features, commercial audio ebooks, tts, real page numbers, 3g, etc? Come on guys, let's be serious! I'm not likely to be buying any one of those new Kindles, not do I own Amazon stock, but I'm not going to pretend that Amazon didn't just match their competitors' most prominent features and differentiators, while those same competitors have yet to match Kindle's signature features from years past. And that's without bringing up the Special Offers. If Amazon is copying competitors' signature features it is because they are fierce competitors unwilling to yield an inch, with a poker player's mentality. ("I'll see your touchscreen and raise you cloud archival of personal documents and x-ray indexing of ebooks. Your move.") That is a plus, not a minus. Amazon is a deadly competitor, don't help them out by underestimating their technical prowess. Edit: Fanboyism and misinformation helps nobody; active, vigorous competition helps everybody. Last edited by fjtorres; 10-01-2011 at 06:12 PM.