"Amazon may enter tablet fray in second half of 2011"

[meStevo]

Holy hell they're going to sell a lot of $79-$99 Kindles.

 

[diogen]

And for $50 more ($149) you get free 3G for life in 100 countries.
No contracts and/or monthly payments...

Diogen.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

And for $50 more ($149) you get free 3G for life in 100 countries.
No contracts and/or monthly payments...

Diogen.

That's for the new kindle not the new fire tablet.

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[jgags6]

only wifi on the fire.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

only wifi on the fire.

Too bad... If it had 3G I would pick one up.

The only time I use my iPad is when I am not on wifi.

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[rockymtnhigh]

And?
My point was Amazon is building a "cathedral" Apple-like system as opposed to Android's "bazaar".
What's yours?
No.
Not every TV at BestBuy is sold at FutureShop...

Diogen.

A little testy this morning, huh?

 

[diogen]

Good summary table



The Fire is a Nook clone with a faster CPU.
I think Nook will be at least $200 before the week ends.
The question remaining: can the Fire be modded?

Diogen.

EDIT: Reportedly Fire has just a power button and no SD card port.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is official, priced at just $199
Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is official, priced at just $199 | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News

 

[mdram]

price is attractive, but with no sd card slot its too much like apple

wonder how long until someone ports a full android os to it

 

[diogen]

wonder how long until someone ports a full android os to it

If you have to open it up to get there, it's a no-starter, I think.
Amazon definitely targets the Apple "total experience" crowd, not the generic Android user...

Diogen.

 

[DustoMan]

price is attractive, but with no sd card slot its too much like apple

wonder how long until someone ports a full android os to it

It doesn't have an SD card slot because they want you to download everything from the cloud. Done with a book, delete it. Need is back again for some reason, download it again.
8GB is plenty of space.
I've pre-ordered one. I want the 7" size. I use Amazon a ton. And the $199 price is just too good to pass up. If Flash performs well, then maybe I could get one for my wife too.

 

[mdram]

It doesn't have an SD card slot because they want you to download everything from the cloud. Done with a book, delete it. Need is back again for some reason, download it again.
8GB is plenty of space.
I've pre-ordered one. I want the 7" size. I use Amazon a ton. And the $199 price is just too good to pass up. If Flash performs well, then maybe I could get one for my wife too.

yes the size is fine, i just like the ability to have the sd card
or maybe a usb port for a thumbdrive, something

and i would prefer the android market over amazon market

im sure someone will port standard android to it somehow

 

[John Kotches]

Too bad... If it had 3G I would pick one up.

In a device that's meant to consume media such as this, including 3g is, IMO too slow. Also sending an occasional book (a few MB tops) is different than the targeted usage for media consumption. Nevermind that you have to setup with carriers , plus the costs associated with the cellular radio probably destroy what little profit margin there is.

They (Amazon) are hoping to profit on content delivery and break even on the tablet.

The only time I use my iPad is when I am not on wifi.

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So you never use the iPad @ home where wifi + even minimal broadband is going to be faster than 3g?



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[Scott Greczkowski]

So you never use the iPad @ home where wifi + even minimal broadband is going to be faster than 3g?

Nope. I have other devices which I use at home.

 

[isaacmorseMI]

Nope. I have other devices which I use at home.

Like what?

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[diogen]

im sure someone will port standard android to it somehow

There is one theoretical possibility: the Fire has a microUSB charging connector.
If the USB communication circuitry is in place and can be enabled, the game might not be over yet...

Diogen.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

While the tablet looks interesting, its still a 7" form factor, and is thus not very appealing to me FOR WHAT I use a tablet for. The bigger news today is NOT the tablet, but the $79 and $99 Kindle e-readers. As was posted on the last page, they are going to sell a LOT of Kindles -- and in pushing the price below $100, will force their competitors hands. Moreover, its going to have a profound impact on the book industry; on the publishing industry, in that it is going to profoundly change the way people read books.

While publishers are going to fight tooth and nail to maintain their grossly over-priced agency model, the reality is that this has the potential to
completely reshape how people buy and consume books.

Interesting times.

 

[rogerpl]

i ordered the "fire"- wife will want to kill me but I figured I would order it and can cancel before it ships in november if need be. Still waiting for my 99.00 HP Touchpad

 

[diogen]

I find the most interesting feature of the Fire tablet to be its Silk "split-browser".
The name comes probably from "silky", i.e. an attempt to find a synonym to the adjective "buttery" when used with "smooth".
And most likely must convey the experience using the browser with Amazon's cloud doing the heavy lifting in the background.

If this works, it will be a big "thumbs-up" for the cloud in general and for this usage in particular.
And most likely it will be widely copied...

Diogen.

 

[mike123abc]

Their new browser is supposedly faster because it will send its page request to Amazon, Amazon will compost the page and cache as much as possible and send it down to the tablet without the tablet having to follow all the links on the page by itself.