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Originally Posted by fugazied
Apple isn't a huge fan of DRM because they saw iTunes MP3 sales take off after DRM was removed.
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Apple
loves DRM and total platform control. Everything sold through iTunes, except music -- movies, TV shows, apps, etc -- all have DRM or are locked down, and they leverage vendor lock-in whenever possible. Nor have sales jumped this year; in fact, revenues for the iTunes store has been flat for years.
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Originally Posted by fugazied
What I am interested in is if the Amazon app will be on the device.
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Yes, it will. Apple is a hardware company; to them, content is just a way to drive hardware sales. They earn $9 in iPod and iPhone revenues for every $1 of content via the iTunes store. The more apps that bring content to their devices, the happier they are.
The only limitation I expect is that as with the iPhone, apps won't be able to access the iTunes / iBooks library. As a result, you'd need the Kindle app to read your Kindle books, the B&N app to read your B&N books, and so forth.