Well, I do like Amazon stuff and I pay for Prime each year. But I have to say that nothing pops out to me for this product. I have an Apple TV and that seems to do everything that I need it to (although the interface is a bit tedious). I bought the chromecast because it was so cheap, but my phone can't detect the device half the time (AP Isolation issue), so that was a major fail on Google's device. If this device was $49.99 I would pick it up certainly.
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#62Prominently showing Game of Thrones content in the images, even though the Fire doesn't support HBO Go? Way to be deceptive, Amazon.
You can buy Game Of Thrones on Amazon. It's just not available for streaming through Amazon Prime. http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Is-Coming-HD/dp/B007BVMVDU
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#63> enjoy best-selling titles from Mojang, EA, Disney...
Now that's an interesting order of emphasis.
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#64I keep thinking to myself "The second Apple puts out an SDK for the Apple TV, it's over" If you're going to spend $99, you're probably going to wait for Apple or Google. If you want to spend less, you'll just get a Chromecast.
I keep thinking "There will be an Apple TV SDK any second now."
I'm surprised it's taken them this long to release it.
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#65They're studying the mistakes of others, and paying attention to user reviews of competing products, so they can solve real pain points: > During its presentation, Amazon said that it has been paying close attention to the complaints of customers who have been using the other companies' devices through Amazon—namely that search is difficult, performance is laggy, and the ecosystems are closed—in order to build its ow…
That's pretty funny, as a long-time Roku user. The search couldn't be easier, whether you're inside a specific app, or using the cross platform search feature. Performance is snappier than these services on a desktop browser, and the ecosystem is as open as anyone could want.
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#66Prominently showing Game of Thrones content in the images, even though the Fire doesn't support HBO Go? Way to be deceptive, Amazon.
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#67Amazon FreeTime (coming next month, according to this page) is the most interesting piece for me - customized child safety settings for each child, with monthly subscriptions at $2.99 for children's TV shows. It seems like Amazon recognized the popularity of streaming services for parents of young kids and is setting this up just for them...
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited is available now. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?&docId=1000863021
That is incredible. Makes me consider buying a Kindle Fire for my daughter (age 5) instead of letting her use a legacy iPad when my wife upgrades her iPad 2.
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#68$35 and chromecast work for me.. don't see a need for this. Not only that I can just start playing any video and browse to 127.0.0.1:8888 and stream whatever I want via chromecast.
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#69Amazon FreeTime (coming next month, according to this page) is the most interesting piece for me - customized child safety settings for each child, with monthly subscriptions at $2.99 for children's TV shows. It seems like Amazon recognized the popularity of streaming services for parents of young kids and is setting this up just for them...
FreeTime is more along the lines of what Apple should have done instead of Guided Access for iOS7.
The only Amazon device I have is an old Kindle, but FreeTime would be used a lot if I had a Fire.
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#70The competitive advantage seems to be in the Voice Search and in the gaming. If the gaming takes off, it'll be hard for anyone to compete. Everyone so far is talking about the Roku and Apple TV as competition, which they are, but what about the Xbox and PS4? Those offer gaming and other streaming services like Netflix too. And it seems as though Amazon is trying to be at the center of all of them.
The problem is that gaming is hard. Look at the ouya disaster. If you want to build a successful gaming product, you need a big developer relations team and a bunch of good first party titles to kick things off. If amazon was really trying to build a gaming console here, they needed to announce with some compelling games. as it is, nobody is going to spend the extra 40 for the controller without any games and nobody is going to write games for a platform with no users.