5 ms·

You're seeing this as a crippled android tablet. It's not. It's a kindle. There's a big market out there for people who just want to read a book. They don't wa

You're seeing this as a crippled android tablet. It's not. It's a kindle. There's a big market out there for people who just want to read a book. They don't want to GPS with Google Maps, they don't want to install Yelp, or Trulia, or GrubHub apps. They just want to read, listen to music, and watch a video when they're on the bus or on the couch. Amazon has done well by providing focus to the Kindle. Where I commute it's more popular than the iPad. They may someday decide to take Apple head-on with an Android tablet, but it's not gonna be this year.

nutjob123 15y ago
That's not the point. Amazon IS including their android app store with the tablet and if the tablet only supports old android api's then developers will need to write seperate code for regular android and kindle android.
- wanorris 15y ago
  If you want to reach a wide audience on Android, you already need to be prepared to support older Android releases, because most phones don't get upgraded after purchase.
estel 15y ago
I'm not convinced that Amazon will be marketing it in the Kindle sector. Kindle at the moment is very much associated as a device incredibly well suited to reading a book, and the existing third generation one is incredible at this. If I'm paying three times as much for a Kindle tablet, they've got to be selling it me on features that compensate for the less-optimal reading screen and massively reduced battery life. They've got to be selling it on the basis of tablet-like apps. This might mean a focus on magazine/more graphically designed newspapers, perhaps distributed through the Kindle Store, that take advantage of the nature of the Tablet's screen; but at the very least it will have to be a tablet with an exceptionally capable browser.
- cpeterso 15y ago
  > They've got to be selling it on the basis of tablet-like apps. Mom 'n' pop users don't care about "apps". They want books, email, web browsing, music, free streaming movies, and whatever silly game is popular at the moment (Angry Birds, Sudoku, and Bejeweled). A Kindle tablet can do all of these.
  - estel 15y ago
    Against the baseline of an existing Kindle, email, web browsing, music, movies and Angry Birds are all apps.
    - officemonkey 15y ago
      Existing Kindles have email, web browsing, music, and games. True, there are limitations. Movies are the only "new" thing.
      - DasIch 15y ago
        You can't seriously use any of them though, it's far to slow for that. You buy a Kindle because you want to read books, if you really wanted all those other features you would buy an iPad which is actually good at them.
        officemonkey 15y ago
        Actually, the music player is fine. It's just like an iPod shuffle. They just didn't bother to put any features in it.
megablast 15y ago
If a tablet has the android market place, and google apps, users do not have to use them. Surely it would be better to include these apps, and get both markets, rather than concentrating on those who do not want to run other stuff on your tablet.

nutjob123 15y ago

That's not the point. Amazon IS including their android app store with the tablet and if the tablet only supports old android api's then developers will need to write seperate code for regular android and kindle android.

wanorris 15y ago
If you want to reach a wide audience on Android, you already need to be prepared to support older Android releases, because most phones don't get upgraded after purchase.

estel 15y ago

I'm not convinced that Amazon will be marketing it in the Kindle sector. Kindle at the moment is very much associated as a device incredibly well suited to reading a book, and the existing third generation one is incredible at this. If I'm paying three times as much for a Kindle tablet, they've got to be selling it me on features that compensate for the less-optimal reading screen and massively reduced battery life. They've got to be selling it on the basis of tablet-like apps. This might mean a focus on magazine/more graphically designed newspapers, perhaps distributed through the Kindle Store, that take advantage of the nature of the Tablet's screen; but at the very least it will have to be a tablet with an exceptionally capable browser.

cpeterso 15y ago
> They've got to be selling it on the basis of tablet-like apps. Mom 'n' pop users don't care about "apps". They want books, email, web browsing, music, free streaming movies, and whatever silly game is popular at the moment (Angry Birds, Sudoku, and Bejeweled). A Kindle tablet can do all of these.
- estel 15y ago
  Against the baseline of an existing Kindle, email, web browsing, music, movies and Angry Birds are all apps.
  - officemonkey 15y ago
    Existing Kindles have email, web browsing, music, and games. True, there are limitations. Movies are the only "new" thing.
    - DasIch 15y ago
      You can't seriously use any of them though, it's far to slow for that. You buy a Kindle because you want to read books, if you really wanted all those other features you would buy an iPad which is actually good at them.
      - officemonkey 15y ago
        Actually, the music player is fine. It's just like an iPod shuffle. They just didn't bother to put any features in it.

megablast 15y ago

If a tablet has the android market place, and google apps, users do not have to use them. Surely it would be better to include these apps, and get both markets, rather than concentrating on those who do not want to run other stuff on your tablet.