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Fundamentally Amazon is a retailer, not a hardware company, they sell Kindles to build sales of eBooks. Conversely Apple is fundamentally a hardware company, they sell content in order to build sales of their devices. Just because something makes sense for Apple doesn't mean it makes sense for Amazon. (or vice-versa)
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Could you say wallcraft that Amazon and Sony are targeting different audiances then the Kobo is? Perhaps Amazon and sony are targeting the audiance that likes to have the latest and greatest of all of the electronics where as Kobo is targeting audiances that want a job done even if it is not the latest and greatest?
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Jeff Bezos discussed this a bit on his last visit to The Charlie Rose Show, where he was asked if he would try competing with Apple's iPad and the whole touchscreen/tablet trend, and he firmly said no. Instead, they would focus on non-backlit devices.
I have to agree with this approach, as (1) from a purely personal reason, I'm not keen on touchscreens or tablets anyway, (2) Amazon would be crazy to try competing in the same technology markets against Apple for obvious reasons, and (3) if you have an iPad or tablet, how much easier is it for you to be distracted and do other things besides reading ebooks? A dedicated ereader should not have to be an all-in-one type of device, but be something that does its job well of conveying an author's words to the reader in such a way that they're not focused on the device but the content of what is written. If that means ereaders are destined not to break completely "mainstream," then so be it. Otherwise, it's just back to backlit LCDs of one kind or another. Just my 2 cents'. |
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When they can make a tablet with the same size, weight, battery life and readability as a Kindle, then I'll abandon eInk. Until then, I'm perfectly content with owning both devices.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1910868
This video is close enough to the real thing as far as what people say they want and expect from ereaders that it's almost not a parody anymore... |
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The best android tablet out there now is the motorola xoom and in spite of good reviews, it's not exactly setting the market on fire. Soon it'll be joined by samsung and HTC and a bunch of other companies with more experience in mobile device than amazon. Can amazon make a better/cheaper tablet than they? Not to mention the non-android competitors palm OS, QNX, Windows7.
Amazon likes to take jabs at the iPad for sun glare. They'll be depriving themselves a selling point for their own very successful product. But hey, weirder things have happened. Last edited by Barty; 03-15-2011 at 12:19 AM. |
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Then again anyone ask Bezos why he had Amazon buy Touchco? I often wonder why so many of these interviews never touch on that topic. Of course it is Charlie Rose, a noted beacon for the tech world.
![]() By saying he wanted to focus on non-backlit devices he is not leaving out a general computing device. By going in the non-backlit direction he is also safe in stating Amazon is not going to chase the trend. It's always more fun to examine what is not stated rather than what is said. Is there a newer video than the 2007 interview between rose and Bezos? I'm looking but seem to be rather "Google challenged" at the moment. d'oh???!! |
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Tablets refresh the screen about fifty times a second, ebookraders keep the same screen until you push a button. You do not conciously notice the difference but parts of your brain do, as an effect most people get more tired when they read from an LCD-screen (or an CRT-screen). Ask any good neurobiologist. Tablets are not made for reading hours in a row, ebookreaders are.
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mmm...color epaper sounds good. sure hope they can get it worked out! though i don't know how they'd present glossy magazines, if they would even try
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Well, the thing is, while Amazon is a book store, they are really a media store. Books, movies, music, and games.
The Kindle does books well (at least novels), but falls flat in those three other areas, where Tablets win out. B&N really outflanked them with the Nook Color, but mostly being a book company, they can't fully take advantage of this |
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I should note that Amazon does have an MP3 purchasing app that comes preinstalled on many Android phones. I've used it before, and makes things quick and easy. I don't have figures related to that app though. |
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I still prefer reading on my kindle than iPad, but I wouldn't attribute it to refresh rate. We're not talking about those old CRTs with noticeable screen refresh. |
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it just means they will go the Sony touch route; doesn't mean they'll go the iPad route. A tablet general computing device requires more than touch tech; it requires a screen that refreshes fast enough to do scrolling / panning / zooming, etc.
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