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>frugal consumers I feel like nobody is attempting to hit that market anymore in the US. As the income gap widens it seems foolish to ignore the majority of th
by cmdrfred 10y ago
>frugal consumers
I feel like nobody is attempting to hit that market anymore in the US. As the income gap widens it seems foolish to ignore the majority of the marketplace.
- dpark 10y agoYou can buy a 7" Fire tablet for $50. The market is not lacking options for frugal customers.
- cmdrfred 10y agoIt's a start, Amazon is smart to move in that market. I say put Linux on it and add a keyboard and we'd be getting somewhere.
- dpark 10y agoThe market for people who care about Linux on a 7" tablet is effectively zero. I'm also pretty sure it supports keyboards. Attaching one permanently and turning it into a 7" laptop would make it unsellable.
- majewsky 10y agoI still have a WeTab at home that used to run Plasma Mobile (or whatever it was called back then). Those were the times.
- cmdrfred 10y agoDoes Android allow you to do any meaningful work? The OS is more of a problem than the form factor. Kindle is for games and Netflix not for homework or doing your taxes.
- dpark 10y agoYou can install TurboTax and Microsoft Office on Android (not sure about the Kindle Fire) so you can definitely do homework and taxes on it. Personally I don't want to do either of those on a tablet, but that's due to the small screen moreso than the OS.