|  09-28-2011, 10:38 AM | #76 | 
| eBook Enthusiast            Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6 | 
			
			Has an Apple "cover-flow" style media browser.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:39 AM | #77 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition | |
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|  09-28-2011, 10:40 AM | #78 | 
| eBook Enthusiast            Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6 | 
			
			Very pretty "book-shelf" style interface.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:40 AM | #79 | 
| monkey on the fringe            Posts: 45,851 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show | 
			
			gorilla glass, 169 ppi
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|  09-28-2011, 10:42 AM | #80 | 
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			Free Whispersync-but no 3G. Makes sense.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:43 AM | #81 | 
| eBook Enthusiast            Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6 | 
			
			The music player interface looks almost exactly like an iPod Touch/iPhone.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:44 AM | #82 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 28,880 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD | 
			
			None of those three new devices interests me. I'm sad now.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:45 AM | #83 | 
| monkey on the fringe            Posts: 45,851 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show | 
			
			Amazon Silk - new web browser
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|  09-28-2011, 10:45 AM | #84 | 
| eBook Enthusiast            Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6 | 
			
			We have a "split" browser called "Amazon Silk", half on Amazon's cloud servers, half on the Fire, to accelerate web browsing.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:46 AM | #85 | 
| Bake 'Em Away Toys            Posts: 210 Karma: 1271856 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dirty Jersey Device: Kindle PW (Books) & iPad 3 (Comics) | 
			
			Cloud computing. Pretty big stuff. Tech buzz is gonna be goin' crazy.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #86 | 
| eBook Enthusiast            Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6 | 
			
			So complicated stuff is done in the cloud, and then the rendered page sent to the Fire.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #87 | 
| Tea Enthusiast            Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2 | 
			
			yeah yeah yeah but is it a full Android or will I have to hack it?
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|  09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #88 | 
| Publishers are evil!            Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles | 
			
			A web browser across Whispernet that goes through the EC2 (Amazon Cloud) and uses Amazon Silk. This looks interesting.
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|  09-28-2011, 10:47 AM | #89 | 
| Connoisseur            Posts: 61 Karma: 3308 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France Device: Kindle 4 (non-touch), Kindle DX Graphite, Asus Transformer | |
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|  09-28-2011, 10:48 AM | #90 | 
| Bake 'Em Away Toys            Posts: 210 Karma: 1271856 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dirty Jersey Device: Kindle PW (Books) & iPad 3 (Comics) | |
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