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Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by frou_dh » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:02 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #17

Google's applications are not part of Android. Putting a skin on Android and not shipping it with Google apps is NOT a fork. Even if you want to consider it one in a technical definition, it's not a significant one. It's as much a fork of Android as CyanogenMod is. (CM does not come with Google Apps, though they can be added after-the-fact).

Just the name "CyanogenMod" makes me itch with a sense of fiddlyness completely at odds with why tablets are a welcome break from normal computers.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by mattm » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:03 PM UTC

mootothemax wrote: post #8

I've been sorely tempted to pick up a Kindle for the last few months, and had thought it'd make a nice Christmas present. I know - I'm so considerate. Given that the present version has been out for a while, I was wondering if an updated version would be released in time for the Christmas rush. 10 hour battery life, not going to fit in at the beach, nor the less safe parts of the city? Nah, I'll go for the current Ki…

I debated over getting the Kindle for a while but since getting it about 6 weeks ago it is by far my favourite device. I'm reading so much more now (and spending much more on books). I just wish I got it sooner.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by Steko » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:04 PM UTC

Five or Six Things That Occurred In My Brain When I Read This Article:

(1) $250 with free Prime? Buying one for sure, maybe two.

(2) No camera? Ugg. At least a front facing camera for Skype pls, I'll pay extra.

(3) November, meh I was hoping late September.

(4) Eclair fork? That has to be wrong lots of optimizations made in Froyo which has been available for over a year.

(5) Maybe this provided some additional incentive for Google to withhold Honeycomb source?

(6) MG Siegler continues to break character and occasionally commit actual journalism. Would love to see this trend continue.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by kyleslattery » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:06 PM UTC

superuser2 wrote: post #40

E-ink made the Kindle. Tablets are exciting, but reading a novel on a backlit screen is no fun, and if it were, we'd read on our cell phones, because they're easier to carry around. This is disappointing. The Kindle 2 (the model I had) did one thing, and one thing phenomenally well. I don't want my kindle to be a Swiss army knife.

I would be surprised if Amazon ditches their existing Kindle. I'm sure this will just be an addition to the product lineup, rather than a replacement.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by andrewpi » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:11 PM UTC

d0m wrote: post #48

Any TL;DR with a picture?

Gizmodo took the description and created a mock-up: http://gizmodo.com/5837061/this-is-amazons-kindle-tablet

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by gamble » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:12 PM UTC

This will have a hard time competing with the iPad internationally, if it really is focused on deep integration with their digital stores. Amazon has been extremely reluctant to roll out their content stores beyond the US. For example, they still haven't expanded their mp3 store to Canada.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by gfodor » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:13 PM UTC

This is cool and all, but I'd really like Amazon to make a DX with an extra inch of space, so it's the size of a real book, and I can read PDFs on it without squinting.

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:15 PM UTC

sodiumjoe wrote: post #2

In certain ways, this "post-PC" era that Apple's brought us into with the iPad seems like a step backward. We're going back to something more like the broadcast television model, where a more or less centralized authority produces the content for passive users to consume. These tablets just keep getting more and more optimized for that. I suppose it's somewhat natural, given the way the market works, but it seems our…

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Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by potatolicious » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:16 PM UTC

rshm wrote: post #28

$250 is too much. Ebay/Amazon has similar specs 800MHz/7"/Android 2.2 for $87 and below with a free shipping.

All of the below products launched, at the time, with poorer spec sheet features/price than their competitors, and then proceeded to annihilate said competitors:

- MacBook/Pro

- iPhone

- BlackBerry

- iPod

- Android

- Wii

When are we as the geek community going to stop worshipping the spec sheet and realize that mainstream consumers can't give two shits about it?

Re: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 02, 2011, 10:17 PM UTC

sodiumjoe wrote: post #2

In certain ways, this "post-PC" era that Apple's brought us into with the iPad seems like a step backward. We're going back to something more like the broadcast television model, where a more or less centralized authority produces the content for passive users to consume. These tablets just keep getting more and more optimized for that. I suppose it's somewhat natural, given the way the market works, but it seems our…

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