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Curious, how would you prefer they do an update? Go to Amazon HQ and have someone replace the internals of the device? OTA updates are probably the most seaml
by kenjackson 15y ago
Curious, how would you prefer they do an update? Go to Amazon HQ and have someone replace the internals of the device?
OTA updates are probably the most seamless update experience that exists today. I wish the iPad2 had it in the past -- as I still have one that I haven't plugged in to get iOS5 yet.
- swasheck 15y agoI think his point was the idea of everyone hitting it all at once on Christmas morning.
- kenjackson 15y agoIt's just one static set of files. CDNs make this almost brainlessly easy. If Amazon can't handle that then they have no business building Silk at all, much less one of the world's most popular retail sites.
- Turing_Machine 15y agoYeah, and Amazon has a rather...robust...CDN-equivalent. :-) Also, they're probably going to have plenty of spare capacity on Christmas morning. I'd guess there's a substantial lull in sales then, at least until the post-Christmas markdowns begin.
- swasheck 15y agoI agree, but was just hoping to represent his point.
- ajcinatx 15y agoGet it right the first time (or delay the initial release).
- joezydeco 15y agoMy concern was about everyone hitting the update servers at once and yeah, I realize they have a nice little CDN working at their disposal... =) My question was more about a mandatory OTA update instead of letting you use one out of the box like the original Kindles did. Part of the magic was being able to open the box and start reading within a few seconds. If you're now subjugated to doing a "firstFindMyWifi-Connect-pleasewait-waitsomemore-lowbattery-OOPSBRICKED", you're going to diminish the experience.