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It's not bad, but it is boring. This event was waaaaaayyyy overhyped.
Can you be a little more specific as to what would have met your expectations?
3G, decent processor, Mac OS X instead of iPhone OS, front camera...
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Re: Live from the Apple 'latest creation' event
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#133Ok. Kindle's dead.
I don't think so. Kindle targets people reading stuff, this targets people interacting with stuff. That's a fundamental difference and e-ink lends itself to reading much more than to interaction. Also, the kindle has a battery life that this device can't hope to match and works well in various light conditions.
Sure.. but it's ugly next to the iPad and as Steve Jobs has proved time and time again looks count. At a $499 starting price this might not kill Kindle but it will take a huge bite out of its market. There is clearly no doubt about that.
EDIT: I am a Kindle owner btw.. I even wrote a blog post defending it against the new Apple tablet but after seeing this I have to change my mind. I had no idea that Apple was pursuing publishers to this extent. That was Amazon's greatest strength but it appears that position is greatly weakened by this news.
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#135Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
$499 unlocked... cheaper than the unlocked iphone.. I say possibly wow!
I wasn't impressed until I saw the price and the thought of paying $30/month for 3G without a contract. I can take this on a trip, use maps for navigating my route, get on the road and hand it back to the kids to watch a movie on iTunes on a reasonably sized screen. I can think of a bunch of ways I could use this. I also really don't like talking on the phone, so I don't really want voice anyway. :-)
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#136Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
Nice and locked down with only Apple approved apps. Do not want.
I'm guessing their target market for the iPad won't really care too much about that; plenty of non-technical laptop users already have enough trouble installing/uninstalling software, so something like the app store that makes it easy to find and install stuff, and safe to do so, is probably actually a win for those people.
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#137I wasn't sold on it till the price (assuming they can get it here to the UK at as reasonable a price) - that would tempt me as a casual use "sat in bed" device. I often use my iPhone like that so if it turns on as fast as that I would buy it.
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I don't think so. Kindle targets people reading stuff, this targets people interacting with stuff. That's a fundamental difference and e-ink lends itself to reading much more than to interaction. Also, the kindle has a battery life that this device can't hope to match and works well in various light conditions.
Sure.. but it's ugly next to the iPad and as Steve Jobs has proved time and time again looks count. At a $499 starting price this might not kill Kindle but it will take a huge bite out of its market. There is clearly no doubt about that. EDIT: I am a Kindle owner btw.. I even wrote a blog post defending it against the new Apple tablet but after seeing this I have to change my mind. I had no idea that Apple was pursui…
You gotta remember that Amazon has been out there in the market executing for over the last year while others have been developing. Plus Amazon has the inside lane with publishers. And Amazon's infrastructure is second-to-none.
Kindle-killer? Don't think so. If I had to bet on Apple vs. Amazon I'd put my money on Amazon.
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Well, the iPod touch is a damn impressive device.
Yes, it definitely is. But we've come to expect more of Apple than larger form-factor versions of existing products.
Um? Um? UI blind? Making an iPod touch bigger is a hard task. As far as I can see Apple seems to have done well.
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#140Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
I could imagine this being the perfect device for my grandparents.
They can't use a mouse properly, the iPhone screen is too small for surfing the web.