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Old 06-15-2011, 01:00 AM   #31
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It's as if Amazon set up all the content features first - to which they can now offer customers a device fully integrated and ready to help customers start making purchases.
Exactly!

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More support for the Amazon tablet rumor. I think the product looks interesting...but expensive.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-200...reaming-video/
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longer battery and video streaming in color display at the same statesment?! Not a chance.
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More support for the Amazon tablet rumor. I think the product looks interesting...but expensive.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-200...reaming-video/
Well not expensive as compared to other high end tablets, in fact it will priced on the lower end of the spectrum along side the Asus Eee Pad transformer at $399.

what I'm taking out of all this is this is going to be a full feldged tablet, not a nook color clone. They may use the Kindle name, but from what it seems it would be more as expanding the kindle brand name beyond dedicated ebook readers
IOW's The kindle ebook reader and now introducing the Kindle Tablet .
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More support for the Amazon tablet rumor. I think the product looks interesting...but expensive.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-200...reaming-video/
If true, then B&N has nothing to fear from Amazon and the Nook Color will remain safe from any viable competition.

Also, $399 is nothing more than another me too tablet; and chances are, Amazon will lock it into their app store.
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what I'm taking out of all this is this is going to be a full feldged tablet, not a nook color clone.
I bet they lock it, so it won't be a full fledged tablet.
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I bet they lock it, so it won't be a full fledged tablet.
Until someone cracks it.
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I bet they lock it, so it won't be a full fledged tablet.
would be a bad move, I can see them locking in their ebook (kindle books) part of their ecosystem but not to have the actual Android market would not be wise. Would also be interesting to see if they block Google Movies and Netflix.
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Until someone cracks it.
Yep, the same as the Nook Color.
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I think they'd be making a mistake to call it 'Kindle'. Especially if it includes tablet features like HDMI out etc. that Nook Color lacks. They aren't doing this primarily to position against NC, but to promote their video/music/ebook/app brands. The target is Apple. (it would be nice of them to include Netflix streaming - I use both services - Amazon provides some of Netflix's backend so they still make money either way)

I don't understand how Android Market access works so I won't comment on whether Amazon would allow this or not, or whether that's up to Google, or if it involves some contract between the two. From my experience with my Pocket eDGe, it seems it is not so much a matter of lock in, but rather of lock out. I was able to easily add Amazon app store alongside the Entourage app store, but you have to hack to get Android Market.

But perhaps someone can explain how it works.
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would be a bad move, I can see them locking in their ebook (kindle books) part of their ecosystem but not to have the actual Android market would not be wise. Would also be interesting to see if they block Google Movies and Netflix.
Guess what's missing from Amazon's appstore? Apps for Netflix and Nook. Why is that? Allowing access to the Android Market means allowing access to both apps.
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Guess what's missing from Amazon's appstore? Apps for Netflix and Nook. Why is that? Allowing access to the Android Market means allowing access to both apps.
good point. Amazon had then better be racing to have as much content as the Android Market and will have to do some marketing to get people not to fear not having access to the market.

interesting that is has the Kobo app available.
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One thing you have to remember is that you have to submit the apps to each available android market to have it listed. Just because it isn't listed in Amazon's, doesn't mean that Amazon rejected it.
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One thing you have to remember is that you have to submit the apps to each available android market to have it listed. Just because it isn't listed in Amazon's, doesn't mean that Amazon rejected it.
If I'm B&N, I want my app on a Kindle tablet.

My money says Amazon rejected them.
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