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I had been thinking about getting an iPad. But iPad has some deficiencies which kept me on the fence. I was hoping for an update but none came. Then Amazon c
by yequalsx 15y ago
I had been thinking about getting an iPad. But iPad has some deficiencies which kept me on the fence. I was hoping for an update but none came. Then Amazon came out with its announcement. I ended up preordering a Kindle Touch but now am thinking about a Fire/Amazon Prime combination. I'm not thinking about the iPad anymore.
I've thought that Google should buy Netflix and have Netflix handle the consumer aspects of Google.
It might be hard to transition YouTube to include a service that rents/streams movies but Google is trying that right now. They haven't advertised it well and they didn't try doing this until recently. They've moved slowly.
Amazon and Netflix have very good customer service. When there is a problem I can get it fixed. I don't trust Google with customer service and this is why I can't ever see myself using a paid Google service. Google has dropped the ball in this respect. They have a great brand in YouTube and could have a great brand in Google Books but they just can't seem to create an atmosphere where consumers go to them for their purchases.
- davidw 15y agoYou realize that eInk (which is what most ereaders use) is basically only for reading books, right? You can't watch movies or even really browse very comfortably with it, due to the very, very slow screen refresh. The other side of that coin is that it's fantastic for actually reading, and you're not tempted to go check your email every 5 minutes.