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Rumor: Amazon's Kindle Tablet to have 7" color LCD, sell for $250
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It sounds like a sort of tablet version of a Kindle. If you want a "real" tablet I would go for something else.
This could be huge for the mass market though that buys kindles and uses amazon. They won't care about the camera, or pure android experience etc.
EDIT: I would buy it if I decided one day to get a Kindle. Problem is I might as well just buy a fully featured tablet and use the Kindle app there.
This could be huge for the mass market though that buys kindles and uses amazon. They won't care about the camera, or pure android experience etc.
EDIT: I would buy it if I decided one day to get a Kindle. Problem is I might as well just buy a fully featured tablet and use the Kindle app there.
Stumpokapow
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I'm more interested in knowing about the next generation of eInk devices than tablets, to be honest.
krypt0nian
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eznark said:
Then it would be subpar with an Apple sticker on it.
elrechazado
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Closed environments like this are hitlerian level evil, unless it's done by blizzard, valve, or apple.eznark said:
Stumpokapow
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djm said:
As a Kindle 3 owner, they're pretty awesome, so you shouldn't feel like you're buying something that is not worth it. It's absolutely worth it. Best purchase I've made all year.
But obviously if I'm hyped to hear about the next generation, I don't begrudge you holding off a little bit
dream said:
Well, there's eInk Triton, which is the generation after eInk Pearl (which is used in the current Kindle) and does colour. I was also thinking more robust screens, since the screens are prone to damage. And better battery life. Maybe make the device even thinner. I dunno. Clearly the Kindle 3 is still very usable, but I'm also interested in seeing where it goes.
Not a single thing about that OP excites me. Back to somehow praying my HP order somehow goes through for 99 bucks. I'd rather scrounge together a couple more bills and buy the ipad at that price. A lot of money for a bunch of meh.
You know it's underwhelming specs when the most exciting feature is free Prime.
You know it's underwhelming specs when the most exciting feature is free Prime.
Eh, on Apple you can use other services as long as the provider pays a 30% fee to Apple or sells from the browser. You can read Nook and Kindle e-books, and use Google apps. On this rumored device, providers have to pay Amazon a 80% fee and it's probably going to lock out Barnes and Noble and Google apps anyway.elrechazao said:
Jayayess1190
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This is just an edition to the kindle line up.Jarmel said:
What premium features could the 10" add? Stock Ice Cream Sandwich?
elrechazado
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Are people clamoring for better battery life on their kindles right now? I charge mine maybe once a month and use it every day like mad. I guess I have no point other than how blown away I still am at how amazing the battery life is on these things.Stumpokapow said:As a Kindle 3 owner, they're pretty awesome, so you shouldn't feel like you're buying something that is not worth it. It's absolutely worth it. Best purchase I've made all year.
But obviously if I'm hyped to hear about the next generation, I don't begrudge you holding off a little bit
Well, there's eInk Triton, which is the generation after eInk Pearl (which is used in the current Kindle) and does colour. I was also thinking more robust screens, since the screens are prone to damage. And better battery life. Maybe make the device even thinner. I dunno. Clearly the Kindle 3 is still very usable, but I'm also interested in seeing where it goes.
If this is true, I'm baffled at what this thing is supposed to be used for.
Negatives:
As an e-reader/kindle, it's worse than an existing kindle because it's backlit LCD instead of e-ink.
No Google Android market or Google Maps
6GB storage - this is the real dealbreaker for me. I have a 32GB iPad2 and 90% of that storage goes to apps. 6 is not enough, and I don't want to be managing games by deleting something in order to download something else. Even with cloud saves, this is far too low, unless they offer an option for expanded memory at a higher price.
Positives:
It's cheaper than an iPad by a ton.
The free Prime (is that for one year or lifetime membership?) is a huge incentive.
The smaller size puts it in a different category than the iPad. It could own the market at #2, and the form factor makes it more comfortable to hold while lying down.
If that's a lifetime membership to Amazon prime, I'll buy it day 1, even if it's a paperweight. If it's a one year subscription thrown in with the price of the tablet, I'd be tempted, but take a wait and see attitude to see what it's good for before diving in.
Negatives:
As an e-reader/kindle, it's worse than an existing kindle because it's backlit LCD instead of e-ink.
No Google Android market or Google Maps
6GB storage - this is the real dealbreaker for me. I have a 32GB iPad2 and 90% of that storage goes to apps. 6 is not enough, and I don't want to be managing games by deleting something in order to download something else. Even with cloud saves, this is far too low, unless they offer an option for expanded memory at a higher price.
Positives:
It's cheaper than an iPad by a ton.
The free Prime (is that for one year or lifetime membership?) is a huge incentive.
The smaller size puts it in a different category than the iPad. It could own the market at #2, and the form factor makes it more comfortable to hold while lying down.
If that's a lifetime membership to Amazon prime, I'll buy it day 1, even if it's a paperweight. If it's a one year subscription thrown in with the price of the tablet, I'd be tempted, but take a wait and see attitude to see what it's good for before diving in.
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The fact that it's Android 2.x shouldn't really matter at all if Amazon is branching off the Android line pretty radically.btrboyev said:
They can design the interface however they want it to, and really just limited by the API set available within 2.x...but there's nothing that I'm aware of in 2.x that would make it not able to do anything they generally wanted it to.
Amazon is just taking the free OS, repackaging it however they want and distributing it on their devices. The consumer won't know or care that it isn't running the latest version of Android. It'll be running the latest version of Android on Amazon...and Amazon will be the ones keeping the software up to date, not Google.
Seems sustainable to me assuming 2.x isn't gimped for other reasons I'm not aware of.
This is confusing. Previous rumors suggested that Amazon was planning on introducing both tablets and e-readers this year. Is this supposed to be the tablet or the e-reader?
The hardware sounds like tablet, but the software (specifically lack of Android market) sounds like e-reader.
The hardware sounds like tablet, but the software (specifically lack of Android market) sounds like e-reader.
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011tokkun said:
They'll be using their own App Store.
I know this is The OT, but to bring some gaming side into it . . . since I'm pretty much completely sold on getting a PSVita I'm really not sure a 7" tablet is a niche I need filled once I have that (depending, of course, on the non-game software that runs on the Vita).
I'd much rather pair a PSVita with a 10" tablet if I'm going to have two devices like that plus a separate phone and an actual e-ink Kindle.
I was rather hoping Amazon would have a 10" tablet option, and would be rather disappointed if they didn't.
The free prime subscription makes it tempting since that's something I already pay every year for, but if it's only a free subscription for a year I'd rather make sure to get a device that actually fills a need I have.
Now give me the option to pay a slightly higher fee for a Prime membership and get one of the tablets for free, that's a prospect I could entertain.
I'd much rather pair a PSVita with a 10" tablet if I'm going to have two devices like that plus a separate phone and an actual e-ink Kindle.
I was rather hoping Amazon would have a 10" tablet option, and would be rather disappointed if they didn't.
The free prime subscription makes it tempting since that's something I already pay every year for, but if it's only a free subscription for a year I'd rather make sure to get a device that actually fills a need I have.
Now give me the option to pay a slightly higher fee for a Prime membership and get one of the tablets for free, that's a prospect I could entertain.
Stumpokapow
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elrechazao said:
Yeah it's pretty Amazing but imagine a Kindle that you don't need to charge because the battery lasts so long you've upgraded by the time it wears out.
Fernando Rocker
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I actually prefer Amazon's ecosystem over Apple.
So, if this is rumors true, I would rather invest on an Amazon tablet.
So, if this is rumors true, I would rather invest on an Amazon tablet.
Fernando Rocker
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FlyinJ said:
There are hybrids though... LCD + e-Ink... the e-Ink is activated when you start a book application. But it's not very good at the moment.
For what it's worth, the author of this article was in Seattle yesterday: https://twitter.com/parislemon/status/109410876473352192
Amazon's HQ is in Seattle.
Amazon's HQ is in Seattle.
Keylime
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And apps, of course.numble said:
...but hell, you can you use your Amazon bucks to buy a toaster or a vibrator or a dog leash or aspirin...limitless!
Music they're solid, books obviously they murder. Movies and apps are going to be behind.
Owlowiscious
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don't see the point since it's not e-ink
Fusion Pizza
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Well I'm getting a Transformer then.
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