04-03-2012, 09:55 AM | #121 | |
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With Samsung we see the opposite. Their current 10.1 doesn't have one, but after endless bashing they came to an idea they have to include it, so upcoming version has it. The major point of removing card slot is: you can't charge 100$ per 8Gb of "extra" RAM otherwise. (kudos to Apple for inventing this wonderful business practice) |
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04-03-2012, 10:18 AM | #122 | |
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Well, maybe eventually it won't be a card slot, but some other technology (holographic crytals with NFC coupling. Water proof and sealed! ) but agree the Cloud is not going to replace somekind of local removable storage. Just like the demise of floppy drives didn't mean PCs went network only.
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It does have the minor points of less hardware cost, less support issues with people sticking stuff in the slot, less support issues with people putting incompatible or even malicious stuff on the card and some small less dev effort required to maintain the part of the code that would deal with the slot. ApK p.s. Kartu, nice work on PRS+. It's the main reason I'm keeping my PRS350. |
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04-03-2012, 10:49 AM | #123 |
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04-03-2012, 11:30 AM | #124 | |
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So: Charging an extra $100 for more memory due to lack of card slot == evil Charging an extra $80 per year for Prime due to lack of card slot == not evil |
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04-03-2012, 11:43 AM | #125 | |
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Amazon gives free cloud space for any music and videos, apps and books you purchase from them, as well as letting you download them. Prime is to get free two day shipping, and as a bonus, free streaming videos and a lending library. And they give a month of that for free. Not worth it for me, personally. Not having doesn't hamper my use of the Fire at all. Stop me when I get to the evil part. |
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04-03-2012, 11:50 AM | #126 |
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04-03-2012, 02:57 PM | #127 |
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04-04-2012, 05:52 AM | #128 |
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Depends how eager she is to settle her debts.
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04-06-2012, 08:52 PM | #130 | |
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But it's still pretty bad. Any device that intentionally blocks customers from benefiting from widely available technology on similar devices just to make a buck is bad. |
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