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I'm hoping Amazon will have a pretty good hook. I want to be excited to buy one. However, the kindle book offering is not enough. I love the kindle, but the kin

by atldev 15y ago

I'm hoping Amazon will have a pretty good hook. I want to be excited to buy one. However, the kindle book offering is not enough. I love the kindle, but the kindle app is already fantastic on the iPad. So I don't need a new kindle tablet. Give me something new, Amazon. Or open up the developer program and let us help you.

jonknee 15y ago
Some of the rumors make it interesting--free Prime membership namely. That ties it in with all the free streaming video they have which Apple has no match for.
- sliverstorm 15y ago
  Yea, I'm pretty optomistic for it. Amazon doesn't have the romantic Apple image and their rounded corners, but they do seem to have remarkable savvy.
mmahemoff 15y ago
If you have an iPad already, you're not Amazon's primary target. That said, the 7" "mini-tablet" form factor might be one hook. It's actually a great size, great for reading, and I like taking mine to meetups where I just want web access and a little twitter. 7" tablets also fit in handbags and more pockets than most people realize (like back pocket of most of my jeans!). Up to now, these devices have mostly been way too expensive - close to iPad prices - or cheapo devices (apad/hipad) with serious shortcomings, e.g. No Android market and ancient versions of the OS. In my case, I paid £160 for a device with poor quality control, had to return it as the wifi was broken. I changed my Google password a while ago, which broke Market and GMail and means I have to hard-reset in order to install any new apps. (There was no error message from those programs and had to trawl through forums to work out why there exiting immediately.) So tne 7" devices today have not exactly provided the out-of-the-box iPad experience. "it's all about the software" as many hardware people say these days. If Amazon can build a smooth user interface, it will be the first inexpensive mini-tablet which "just works".
- berntb 15y ago
  >>That said, the 7" "mini-tablet" form factor might be one hook. It's actually a great size, great for reading I get that 7" works for reading literature and has better portability. That is Amazon's home market. The problem is that 7" makes full document reading (pdf, web pages, code, etc) hard. I'd pay for an 12" iPad, since my eyes are older than 40. (-: Maybe I need a fresnel lens, Brazil style? :-)
tonye 15y ago
I have a Kindle and iPad and use them for different things, I found the iPad isn't very good for book reading, it's too heavy, too bright and the battery life isn't good enough. On the other hand I can read from the kindle just like I would read from a paperback. The only thing I would like to see from Amazon is a larger display version that is suitable for technical books.
- Simucal 15y ago
  Does the DX not suit your needs for a larger Kindle?

by atldev 15y ago

jonknee 15y ago

Some of the rumors make it interesting--free Prime membership namely. That ties it in with all the free streaming video they have which Apple has no match for.

sliverstorm 15y ago
Yea, I'm pretty optomistic for it. Amazon doesn't have the romantic Apple image and their rounded corners, but they do seem to have remarkable savvy.

mmahemoff 15y ago

If you have an iPad already, you're not Amazon's primary target. That said, the 7" "mini-tablet" form factor might be one hook. It's actually a great size, great for reading, and I like taking mine to meetups where I just want web access and a little twitter. 7" tablets also fit in handbags and more pockets than most people realize (like back pocket of most of my jeans!). Up to now, these devices have mostly been way too expensive - close to iPad prices - or cheapo devices (apad/hipad) with serious shortcomings, e.g. No Android market and ancient versions of the OS. In my case, I paid £160 for a device with poor quality control, had to return it as the wifi was broken. I changed my Google password a while ago, which broke Market and GMail and means I have to hard-reset in order to install any new apps. (There was no error message from those programs and had to trawl through forums to work out why there exiting immediately.) So tne 7" devices today have not exactly provided the out-of-the-box iPad experience. "it's all about the software" as many hardware people say these days. If Amazon can build a smooth user interface, it will be the first inexpensive mini-tablet which "just works".

berntb 15y ago
>>That said, the 7" "mini-tablet" form factor might be one hook. It's actually a great size, great for reading I get that 7" works for reading literature and has better portability. That is Amazon's home market. The problem is that 7" makes full document reading (pdf, web pages, code, etc) hard. I'd pay for an 12" iPad, since my eyes are older than 40. (-: Maybe I need a fresnel lens, Brazil style? :-)

tonye 15y ago

I have a Kindle and iPad and use them for different things, I found the iPad isn't very good for book reading, it's too heavy, too bright and the battery life isn't good enough. On the other hand I can read from the kindle just like I would read from a paperback. The only thing I would like to see from Amazon is a larger display version that is suitable for technical books.

Simucal 15y ago
Does the DX not suit your needs for a larger Kindle?