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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I'm going to have to agree (unwillingly). Sony just don't care enough about their products and especially not the store and I believe they'll probably shift to a tablet computer sooner rather than later. Looks like it'll be a three horse race in the coming years (and after recent talks I've had, I'm even more convinced) between Amazon, Nook (rank outsider) and iBooks. The dream of one e-book standard across all devices is dead on its arse  |
While there is outright competition between Amazon and Apple hardware, that isn't the same as competition between the Amazon and Apple book stores. There is a Kindle app for the iPad, and Amazon are happy to sell books to iPad owners. Amazon as a content-provider wins either way, as long as they can maintain their lead as a book store. It is obviously less optimal to them than selling Kindle devices, where they then have a lock-in, rather than competing with multiple book stores on the iPad.