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Originally Posted by David Marseilles
I'm not sure if you think this thread is anti-Amazon or not, but I certainly don't view it that way. I've been looking forward to Amazon's entry for some time, and I'm still interested in next year's hollywood tab and another that doesn't have a codename yet.
To some extent, the fire was a rush job and possibly more outsourced than usual. Amazon needed something out for the holidays. I'll be interested to see how they deal with upgrades like ICS, with sideloading and bootloaders as well as what they do with hardware when they have more time and more involvement.
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I didn't see your observation as anti-Amazon at all. I've seen the Kindle forums and you are absolutely right. Amazon looks to be getting a fan base. It's almost like people are excited to have a new team to root for.
Not that it's a bad device, but it does appear to be a rush job. Frankly it looks like they hit it out of the ballpark with the software, but the hardware was a little disappointing. Not the specs themselves, per se (considering the price), but I expected something more distinctive in design coming from Amazon, and it looks like they threw together whatever was available.
I don't think it will matter. The price/performance/ecosystem combo may still be enough to accomplish their goal. Already people are calling it a two company market, which I think is an exaggeration. I'm much more skeptical about their alleged 10" offering, which will essentially mark all out war against Apple.