Amazon 10-inch tablet PC to start mass production in 1Q12 - Page 3

HarryT · 08-31-2011, 11:35 AM

But I very much doubt that the Amazon App Store is going to be offering "rival" reading apps, for example. Can you get the B&N Nook app from it?

tubemonkey · 08-31-2011, 11:36 AM

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Based on that, I'm pretty sure that it will be locked down like the Kindle or the NC, I'm afraid. It will offer access to the Amazon App Store, though. Dunno how good that App Store is.

Amazon has a complete ecosystem. The average consumer won't care.

SCION · 08-31-2011, 11:39 AM

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Well, this is kind of good news and bad news. Good news is that Amazon will probably be announcing something anytime now. Bad news is that I'll have to wait until next year for the 10.1" tablet, as I have zero interest in a 7" tablet.

I hear you. My preference is for a 10" as well. I'm willing to get THEIR 7" in the meantime if it's lighter than the NOOKcolor. If it's worth keeping when the 10" comes out, I'll give it to one of the children and grab another one for the sibling. I've been wanting to get them a tablet for reading. Passed on the NOOKcolor because of the weight and ebook offering. This may work out better because it'll be nicely integrated with Amazon's offerings and hopefully their on point recommendations!

tubemonkey · 08-31-2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

But I very much doubt that the Amazon App Store is going to be offering "rival" reading apps, for example. Can you get the B&N Nook app from it?

I know; but Kobo is there. Also missing is Netflix.

=X= · 08-31-2011, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by OtterBooks

I'd consider the 7" if it's under $350 and of a quality I feel matches the price.
It's kinda hard not to wait for the alleged retina ipad, though.

There is the Acer Ionica 100. That fits that build. It's a 7" screen running HC 3.2 and goes for $320.
The only bad part is i heard the screen is good not great. I'd like to see it in person.

If i wasn't 100% happy with my nook with CM7 I would have picked the Acer up by now.

By the time my nook dies Amazon will be in the market so I'll have even more choices.

Acer Ionica 100 review

SCION · 08-31-2011, 11:44 AM

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No big deal, since Amazon's app store is large enough to keep me from rooting this tablet.

I agree.

tubemonkey · 08-31-2011, 11:44 AM

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How are they going to limit it to their App Store, when they don't limit their App Store to their device? I bought apps from Amazon for my Evo.

"Our device is walled-in, but any other Android device has full access to our app store and everyone elses!" Not going to happen. Edit: I should never say that.

I generally go to Amazon's app store to get apps for my Nook Color.

It'll happen; and it's no big deal for the average consumer.

Dulin's Books · 08-31-2011, 11:45 AM

Harry - Aldiko, Kobo, Moon Reader, Audible, Mantano and others are already available in the Amazon's app store http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...fix=reader+app

Nook is not but that may be B&Ns decision since we see Kobo there

din155 · 08-31-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by =X=

The only bad part is i heard the screen is good not great. I'd like to see it in person.

Also, the battery life of just 5 hrs, ideally it should have been in the range of 7-10 hrs. Again it's just review and I have not seen it in person so nothing much to comment about it.

SensualPoet · 08-31-2011, 12:06 PM

It is highly unlikely that Amazon will be selling a tablet outside of the US in 2011; I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say through all or most of 2012 as well.

Currently, Amazon does not offer any digital media, except ebooks, outside of the US. That field is exclusively left to Apple iTunes and regional players. So -- no games for Kindle, no Android apps for smartphones, no movies or TV shows for laptops and tablets. Nada.

They even block blogs to most markets and don't offer a lot of magazines to Kindle buyers outside of the US even when those magazines are widely sold in local markets (the New Yorker, for example, is not sold to Canadians for Kindle).

sadievan · 08-31-2011, 12:40 PM

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Me too. I'm interested in what this 7 inch tablet will be. It would be nice if it was a color kindle ereader with Whispersync plus a full tablet without the need to root like the Nook Color.

Carol

There is absolutely no way on Earth that this is going to be a general-purpose Android tablet - I'm absolutely confident in making that prediction. That's not the game that Amazon are in.

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Me too. I'm interested in what this 7 inch tablet will be. It would be nice if it was a color kindle ereader with Whispersync plus a full tablet without the need to root like the Nook Color.

Carol

WEll, Amazon isn't coming out with a tablet because it wants to help Google increase its ads revenue, or please those who want a ful Android tablet experience. Its coming out with a tablet because :

1. It wants to sell Amazon stuff
2. It wants to stifle the Nook Color

Based on that, I'm pretty sure that it will be locked down like the Kindle or the NC, I'm afraid. It will offer access to the Amazon App Store, though. Dunno how good that App Store is.

I think you are both right. It was a nice 'wish' though.

Carol

sadievan · 08-31-2011, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SCION

I hear you. My preference is for a 10" as well. I'm willing to get THEIR 7" in the meantime if it's lighter than the NOOKcolor. If it's worth keeping when the 10" comes out, I'll give it to one of the children and grab another one for the sibling. I've been wanting to get them a tablet for reading. Passed on the NOOKcolor because of the weight and ebook offering. This may work out better because it'll be nicely integrated with Amazon's offerings and hopefully their on point recommendations!

I did look at the Nook Color as a possibility for me. I see you are getting rid of yours. Curious as to why you didn't like it.

Thanks,
Carol

=X= · 08-31-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

No big deal, since Amazon's app store is large enough to keep me from rooting this tablet.

There are a lot of apps missing from the Amazon market. You can't compare 10K apps to 400K+

If Amazon delivers a closed system they will be shooting themselves in the foot. They've already committed to the Android platform with their Appstore why backtrack and make an Amazon only solution.

=X=

HarryT · 08-31-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by =X=

If Amazon delivers a closed system they will be shooting themselves in the foot. They've already committed to the Android platform with their Appstore why backtrack and make an Amazon only solution.

Because the purpose of launching this tablet is precisely to sell content - sell it in their "closed system". I'm certain that a few techies will scream blue murder about it being "closed", just like they did with the Nook Color, but, nevertheless, it will sell like the proverbial hot cakes.

SCION · 08-31-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sadievan

I did look at the Nook Color as a possibility for me. I see you are getting rid of yours. Curious as to why you didn't like it.

Thanks,
Carol

I replaced the stock ROM, so it's basically a regular Android tablet. It's great in that respect. The screen is fabulous. I'm just tired of the weight and would like something with a microphone. Whatever I get will need to have a great screen (resolution/dpi) because it will primarily be used as an eReader.

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08-31-2011, 11:35 AM	#31
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,547 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	But I very much doubt that the Amazon App Store is going to be offering "rival" reading apps, for example. Can you get the B&N Nook app from it?

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Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	Harry - Aldiko, Kobo, Moon Reader, Audible, Mantano and others are already available in the Amazon's app store http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...fix=reader+app Nook is not but that may be B&Ns decision since we see Kobo there

08-31-2011, 12:06 PM	#40
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	It is highly unlikely that Amazon will be selling a tablet outside of the US in 2011; I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say through all or most of 2012 as well. Currently, Amazon does not offer any digital media, except ebooks, outside of the US. That field is exclusively left to Apple iTunes and regional players. So -- no games for Kindle, no Android apps for smartphones, no movies or TV shows for laptops and tablets. Nada. They even block blogs to most markets and don't offer a lot of magazines to Kindle buyers outside of the US even when those magazines are widely sold in local markets (the New Yorker, for example, is not sold to Canadians for Kindle).