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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:12:47 GMT -5
because that's how you live stream on your tv.
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:13:36 GMT -5
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Post by repole ಠ_ಠ on Sept 29, 2011 13:15:23 GMT -5
I'd bet on Amazon sticking with the 7" form factor for a while, everything about this tablet says that they're not trying to compete with the iPad or with the other 500 dollar tablets, but only trying to provide a cheaper, more portable option for the more basic tasks users want. They're trying to corner off their own section of the market instead of necessarily competing head to head with Apple and Google.
The HP sold fast for a bunch of reasons, but one of them was that more tech savvy people were aware that they could port android to it and sell it on eBay and make a few hundred bucks. Or just keep it themselves and have a 200 dollar tablet that functions as well as any of the 500 dollar android tablets.
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:16:56 GMT -5
It does everything the ipad does apart from skype/facetime.
Amazon will tell you that its not competing with the ipad and you shouldn't draw that conclusion etc in reality it is and its competing the only real way with price and heavily leverage the available services Amazon provide Kindle books, Cloud Player, Instant Watch etc there's a reason its US only.
It just murdered every other Android tablet and the perception Amazon are second competing with the iPad will help when they release the Fire 10 Inch tablet.
The touchpad fire sale shows you the public want tablets but want them cheaper, pricing them at iPad levels is fail because they'll just buy an iPad.
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Post by repole ಠ_ಠ on Sept 29, 2011 13:24:47 GMT -5
It doesn't murder every Android tablet by any means. It won't do everything other tablets do, there's no camera, no 3G, no Android app store. All it means is the market may have to adjust to pricing, there's no reason to think that there won't be 7 inch android tablets for 200-300 coming around.
I'm not going based off what Amazon has said, I'm going based off what the common conclusion within the market is. They're not truly competing with the core tablet market right now, they're trying to dig out their own niche, and doing a very good job of it.
Again, what I think is most interesting about this is how it might affect the relationship between Amazon and Google. There's no way Google's going to be pleased with a ported version of Android that blocks the app store.
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:30:47 GMT -5
It doesn't murder every Android tablet by any means. It won't do everything other tablets do, there's no camera, no 3G, no Android app store. All it means is the market may have to adjust to pricing, there's no reason to think that there won't be 7 inch android tablets for 200-300 coming around. I'm not going based off what Amazon has said, I'm going based off what the common conclusion within the market is. They're not truly competing with the core tablet market right now, they're trying to dig out their own niche, and doing a very good job of it. Again, what I think is most interesting about this is how it might affect the relationship between Amazon and Google. There's no way Google's going to be pleased with a ported version of Android that blocks the app store. According to all industry experts, it's certianly does. Like I said no one's going to spend 500-600 on a non-Apple iPad. ---- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he believe other companies have failed against the iPad because they were not competitive on price and “have just sold a piece of hardware.” Bezos said the Fire is different in that it is a premium product at a non-premium price, and because of Amazon’s robust library, it’s more like a service than a tablet. Bezos’ theory is supported by the strong fire sales of HP’s TouchPad. HP initially priced its tablet computer at $500 for the 16-gigabyte model to compete head-to-head with the iPad, but sales were so poor, the device was subjected to a series of dramatic price cuts. It was not until the TouchPad was discontinued and marked down to $100 that it began selling rapid---- |
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:33:56 GMT -5
This tablet will basically end HP's, ASUS, Samsung, etc's attempt at breaking the tablet market and thus focusing their attention on competing with the MacBook Air.
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 13:39:04 GMT -5
case in point just read this on a tech site.
The price cut has been spotted over at Best Buy where the electronics retailer is offering the 16 GB model for $299 (from $499), the 32 GB model for $399 (from $599) and the 64 GB model for $499 (from $699).
Analysts are now claiming that RIM may have actually halted production of the tablet. "We believe RIM has stopped production of its PlayBook and is actively considering exiting the tablet market," Collins Stewart semiconductor analyst John Vihn wrote in a note obtained by Reuters. "Additionally, our due diligence indicates that RIM has canceled development of additional tablet projects."
RIM reportedly shipped 500,000 PlayBooks in the last six weeks of its fiscal first quarter, and another 200,000 in its full second quarter.
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Post by repole ಠ_ಠ on Sept 29, 2011 14:00:02 GMT -5
lol at RIM, they're finished. They've done such an awful job of keeping up.
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Post by aar on Sept 29, 2011 14:30:51 GMT -5
lol at RIM, they're finished. They've done such an awful job of keeping up. Agree If they eventually put BBM on iOS and Android devices, they're done. The more I'm reading about the Fire and Touchpad, the more I'm intrigued. |
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Post by aar on Sept 29, 2011 14:31:36 GMT -5
Had anyone tried the Logitech Revue. Apparently it tanked, but is really good.
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 14:46:45 GMT -5
that's not a tablet though ? or is it?
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Post by MeanJoe on Sept 29, 2011 15:01:48 GMT -5
This tablet will basically end HP's, ASUS, Samsung, etc's attempt at breaking the tablet market and thus focusing their attention on competing with the MacBook Air. HP is already out of the tablet market. They firesaled the touchpad and has shifted their focus from tablets/mobile phones to printers. |
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Post by Martinez on Sept 29, 2011 15:06:46 GMT -5
yes thats what i said
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Post by aar on Sept 29, 2011 15:40:50 GMT -5
that's not a tablet though ? or is it? Nope It's a really advanced video player. |
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