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Originally Posted by Yoshi 1080
The iBook app is not part of the OS so there is no duplicate functionality.
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It is not about some picky definition of "duplicate functionality". That is just the legalese catchphrase that Apple uses to mean "that which competes with Apple". The Kindle CLEARLY competes with the Apple bookstore.
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the keynote, Jobs clearly references Amazon's efforts with the Kindle as having laid the foundation for the iPad as an eBook reader. The Kindle is directly targeted, so yeah, it makes absolutely sense to assume that Apple wants Amazon's market share and with it its customers.
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Nobody that HAS a Kindle is going to buy an iPad to read books - they have a Kindle. For those that do NOT have a Kindle and want to read books, are they going to spend 2-3 times as much to do so or just buy a Kindle? How does that translate to Apple getting Amazon's market share? The only people who will buy the iPad are those that want it's multifunction capability, only one of which is books.
I agree that they want Amazon's market share, but not for devices, for content, which is where the real money is. They do not get that by allowing Amazon to sell their stuff on an Apple device when the same stuff is for sale by Apple!
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Originally Posted by banjomike
Any reference to 'duplicate functionality' is irrelevant since the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, which presumably include the iPad, allows Apple to reject, or first approve and then reject at a later date, any application that meets all their requirements. Apple want rid of something, it will go. They can even remotely kill an app, like Amazon can remotely kill a book.
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Bingo! It is all about what Apple sees as good for Apple. That means they do what they want. Just what that is in this case we shall see. My point is that if you look at other apps that have competed with Apple's own "for sale" items in the past, many if not most have been rejected or removed.