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Kindle Fire - Full Color Kindle with 7" Multi-Touch Display, Wi-Fi

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Re: Kindle Fire - Full Color Kindle with 7" Multi-Touch Display, Wi-Fi

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Post by lpolovets »

philbarr wrote: post #2

You'd think they'd mention which version of Android it uses.

I'm guessing it's intentional that they don't mention it. Given how much time and effort Amazon spent customizing Android to their needs, what would the advantage be of saying it's based off of 2.1? Most people would not care, and a minority would complain that it's not 2.2 or 2.3 or something else.

Just like Apple, Amazon is trying to sell a complete experience, not a version number.

Re: Kindle Fire - Full Color Kindle with 7" Multi-Touch Display, Wi-Fi

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Post by runjake »

philbarr wrote: post #2

You'd think they'd mention which version of Android it uses.

That'd be important if they were positioning this as an Android device, but other than a brief one-word mention, they're not.

Amazon is clearly trying to create their own Apple-esque eco-system around this. And they'll probably do rather well.

Re: Kindle Fire - Full Color Kindle with 7" Multi-Touch Display, Wi-Fi

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Post by runjake »

joshaidan wrote: post #6

I can't help but think of the Kindle commercial on the beach where the iPad owner asks the Kindle owner, "It works in sunlight?"

Funny tip: It was only last weekend I discovered than an iPad works with polarized sunglasses on, IF you use it in landscape mode.

That was a major d'oh realization. I hope for Amazon's sake, the Fire works in sunlight.

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