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Amazon forced to make an Android pad? Nope. 1. Now Nook is just another Android pad. Amazon has Android app for Kindle. Nook is a Kindle. Good luck to B&N on

Amazon forced to make an Android pad? Nope. 1. Now Nook is just another Android pad. Amazon has Android app for Kindle. Nook is a Kindle. Good luck to B&N on trying to compete with the rest of the market. They'll probably be buying whatever is cheap and just re-branding it, as I'm sure they're doing now. This will mean it's not a quality product. 2. People will continue to buy iPad no matter where the market goes. It will continue to be the trend-setter when it comes out soon with a hidef screen, 3d and battery life to match. The fact that B&N doesn't do any Hardware or Software work will mean their quality and finish will suffer. I imagine they're selling it at cost or slightly above to stay competitive with the Kindle. My guess, in the long run, people will have a new Android pad and then another. Kindle users will still be using their device for reading and buying books because that's all it does. But when color e-Paper come out, Amazon will be the only manufacturer with a mature OS that is practical for the slow refresh rate of e-Paper. The battery life and display quality over typical LCDs will make it appeal to a niche that no other device has.

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npalli 15y ago
1. I doubt Kindle is a quality product, NC seems a better product than that. You can't install Kindle for Android in an unrooted NC. The cost factor works for B&N since they own retail distribution. That alone gives them a 30% advantage over other tablet players. In the past few months, Amazon shutdown their Kindle SDK program and opened an Android store. So not exactly a great backing of the Kindle product. 2. True, but will there a big enough market for all these features?. Apple can make the greatest tablet, but if their margins are challenged and the customers flock to a low cost good-enough device then I don't think Apple will be pleased with the result. B&N made a profit for the first time in many quarters. They sold a boatload of Nook Colors. I doubt they are losing money on NC.
- neuroelectronic 15y ago
  Your opinion of the Kindle vs Nook is not relavant. The fact is that they are different products and the Nook is competing with the iPad. The Nook sells well because it's a cheap iPad, not because it's a color Kindle. Amazon did not shutdown their SDK? How to you think the App store is populated with apps without an SDK? Obviously, you are just a bit biased and your opinion is not objective.
- allwein 15y ago
  I don't see how you can comment on Kindle not being a quality product if you haven't used one at all. It's easy to use and built well. I haven't heard of any widespread issues about it at all. Also, The Kindle SDK program hasn't been canceled. It's still available as it's always been, though still in Beta. http://www.amazon.com/kdk/ http://www.amazon.com/kdk/

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npalli 15y ago

1. I doubt Kindle is a quality product, NC seems a better product than that. You can't install Kindle for Android in an unrooted NC. The cost factor works for B&N since they own retail distribution. That alone gives them a 30% advantage over other tablet players. In the past few months, Amazon shutdown their Kindle SDK program and opened an Android store. So not exactly a great backing of the Kindle product. 2. True, but will there a big enough market for all these features?. Apple can make the greatest tablet, but if their margins are challenged and the customers flock to a low cost good-enough device then I don't think Apple will be pleased with the result. B&N made a profit for the first time in many quarters. They sold a boatload of Nook Colors. I doubt they are losing money on NC.

neuroelectronic 15y ago
Your opinion of the Kindle vs Nook is not relavant. The fact is that they are different products and the Nook is competing with the iPad. The Nook sells well because it's a cheap iPad, not because it's a color Kindle. Amazon did not shutdown their SDK? How to you think the App store is populated with apps without an SDK? Obviously, you are just a bit biased and your opinion is not objective.
allwein 15y ago
I don't see how you can comment on Kindle not being a quality product if you haven't used one at all. It's easy to use and built well. I haven't heard of any widespread issues about it at all. Also, The Kindle SDK program hasn't been canceled. It's still available as it's always been, though still in Beta. http://www.amazon.com/kdk/ http://www.amazon.com/kdk/