Thread: The Apple-TV nut of Steve Jobs - Not yet cracked!!
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Old 04-04-2014, 03:33 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by frahse View Post
The TV set is the target for everyone. Here Amazon ups its ante.

Amazon Fire TV Hands-on
Amazon's $99 streaming box impresses.
by Scott Lowe, IGN
April 2, 2014

Amazon's long-rumored set-top box, the Fire TV, has arrived, bringing it with a vast plethora of streaming entertainment, and most notably, gaming support with an optional full-sized gamepad. Priced at $99 ($140 if you buy the add-on controller), the Amazon Fire TV is aimed squarely at rivals Apple TV and Roku, and after spending a few hours with the system, I'm convinced it's more than capable of earning a spot at the table...

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I just don't see where this is going to be a big hit. It doesn't do anything that a half a dozen video streaming devices don't already do. Amazon just seems to be a day late and a dollar short on this one.
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