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tomsem · 10-05-2011, 10:14 PM

They want to keep the first release simple, and at that killer price point.

Eventually, if not sooner, I expect they will copy Apple (again) and offer other, more profitable options. E.g. there's iPod Touch 8Gb, then 32Gb, finally 64Gb. 199/299/399. I now know I could have made a go of 8Gb (and would have preferred a non existent 16Gb option), but went with 32 Just In Case. Apple got more of my money as a result, and it didn't cost them anything close to $100 for the 24Gb I have yet to use.

Or maybe they just want to sell more Cloud storage.

And we'll see, maybe you'll be able to 'pin' content so it is available offline, like Kindle for Web, and won't have to stream every darn thing. Though that is usually a very practical option for video that you're only going to view one time.

I would really like to see Audible content streaming and synching so I can switch between Fire and my iPod Touch without losing my place.

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,954 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	They want to keep the first release simple, and at that killer price point. Eventually, if not sooner, I expect they will copy Apple (again) and offer other, more profitable options. E.g. there's iPod Touch 8Gb, then 32Gb, finally 64Gb. 199/299/399. I now know I could have made a go of 8Gb (and would have preferred a non existent 16Gb option), but went with 32 Just In Case. Apple got more of my money as a result, and it didn't cost them anything close to $100 for the 24Gb I have yet to use. Or maybe they just want to sell more Cloud storage. And we'll see, maybe you'll be able to 'pin' content so it is available offline, like Kindle for Web, and won't have to stream every darn thing. Though that is usually a very practical option for video that you're only going to view one time. I would really like to see Audible content streaming and synching so I can switch between Fire and my iPod Touch without losing my place. Last edited by tomsem; 10-05-2011 at 10:33 PM.