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Old 07-08-2012, 01:01 AM   #302
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Originally Posted by ibm650 View Post
The new model is hardware is just a platform. So you want to close it as much as possible. Think about it, Apple makes 30 percent of all purchases no USB or SD. Nexus 7 has no sd card, nor does the Kindle
tablet), both are locked as much as possible to the infrastructure. The Kindle to Amazon, the Nexus 7 to Google, the Nook to B&N (although it has a micro SD).
The Amazon reader use Mobi format.
The conclusion is that Companies want to lock you into their infrastructure.
The Nexus is not locked into the Google platform you can easily download the amazon app store, Get apps, and other apps Just fine. You can buy books from Amazon, B&N, Kobo etc...

With Apple, B&N, Amazon etc... you cannot without working around their restricted methods.

I don't consider their lack of SD to indicate a closed system. B&N proved you can have a closed system and provide an open environment just as the Nexus w/o an SD card proves you can have an open environment w/o an SD card
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