TechCrunch: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by stonetools

Actually, come to think of it, you may be right on that-for now. I would say that Apple does want to make more money selling content in the long run. Certainly its important for Apple that it makes deals with content providers so that it can get content delivered on the iPad

The last sentence is much more key than the second though.
They want to get as much content as possible onto the iOS platform (and ideally exclusive to the platform), because that enhances its value, and will let them sell more hardware. This is important even if they don't actually make much money selling the content.

[stonetools]

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Precisely! You can take that same money and put together a system with full range speakers that will show just how poorly those tiny speakers are. Size does make a difference, and those speakers range can only go so high or so low leaving out everything else that's there.

They succeed only because they have high "wife approval factor", are tops when it comes to advertising, and are easy to put together.

I'll take good sound over all the above any day.

Spoken like an unmarried man

[graff_king]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Meh, I've found Bose to be heavy on the bass. Given its popularity, apparently, the masses like bass-heavy. By the way, Polk, Klipsch, B&W, etc also charge a premium (heck, some brands charge much, much higher premiums than Bose does). They just don't enjoy the brand-awareness that Bose does with regular consumers.

https://www2.mobileread.com/i/smiliesadd1/offtopic.gif As someone who has worked in the A/V industry for the better part of a decade I am curious as to what other product lines you have compared Bose audio to? Based on the fact that across the board the joke is, "If it has bass it's not Bose". Yes some other audio brands charge more but you get a superior product, based on technology and end user reviews of those products. I have seen and built audio systems in homes and I promise you I have pulled more Bose products out of those homes to be replaced by another brand than any other. There is a reason Bose locks their products in a demo mode when on display in stores and threatens any salespeople that unlock them to use another audio source for demo.
Sorry for the rant, just a burn point with me.
As for fanboyism as a whole, it amounts to digital **** measuring. Every consumer has a right to prefer a brand or product of their choosing. My preference is for whatever works for me at the time. I carry an iPhone 4 and a Htc Sensation. Both have pros and cons and I can debate both for days if that thread were to appear. https://www2.mobileread.com/i/smiliesadd1/drinks.gif

[AdrianM]

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Precisely! You can take that same money and put together a system with full range speakers that will show just how poorly those tiny speakers are. Size does make a difference, and those speakers range can only go so high or so low leaving out everything else that's there.

They succeed only because they have high "wife approval factor", are tops when it comes to advertising, and are easy to put together.

I'll take good sound over all the above any day.

Some Bose speakers have a frequency response hole between the crossover of the mid-range driver and the woofer too; in other words, they are incapable of reproducing some of the lower-middle frequencies you have in your music. Not surprising coming from a company that spends more on marketing than R&D; but those marketing dollars have been well spent in convincing Joe Average that Bose is a quality speaker manufacturer.

And, FWIW, even if there are physical limits to what little speakers can do, there are many other "lifestyle" speakers that look better and produce a far superior sound, probably for a lot less money.

[kevinp]

Originally Posted by AdrianM

And, FWIW, even if there are physical limits to what little speakers can do, there are many other "lifestyle" speakers that look better and produce a far superior sound, probably for a lot less money.

Yeah, like my Infinities!

Just had to put my two cents in since this thread has gone off topic...
Anyway, I plan on keeping my Kindle 3 a long time. It does exactly what I want it to do. The only thing I would get a tablet for is to watch movies in bed. Not worth spending my money on...

[OtterBooks]

Let's all hold hands and agree that Bose sucks.

[graff_king]

Originally Posted by OtterBooks

Let's all hold hands and agree that Bose sucks.

That made me chuckle, thank you. I would prefer a bonfire instead of holding hands.

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by stonetools

Spoken like an unmarried man

Actually, I'm an unmarried woman who hangs out on the Polk forum board and they endlessly complain about the WAF!

This is my system:

Sunfire TGP III PrePro, Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature 405wpc 5 ch. Amp, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Onkyo TA2600 Tape Deck, Pioneer Elite 47-A DVD, Sony 32" XBR TV, Polk RTA-8T Main Speakers, Boston VR-920 Center Channel, Boston PV-600 Subwoofer, Polk DSW 400 Subwoofer, Polk FXi-3 Surround Speakers

[OtterBooks]

This has been a very enjoyable discussion. Can't wait to see the thread following Amazon's release. We'll be able to knit a sweater out of it.

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by OtterBooks

This has been a very enjoyable discussion. Can't wait to see the thread following Amazon's release. We'll be able to knit a sweater out of it.

And mittens, hats, jackets, blankets.......