Amazon Tablet Watch: Sept 28th?

[danibbler]

For those of us who have been looking forward to the new Amazon tablet, it looks like it will be announced on Sept 28th!

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-a...le-Tablet-Landing-Sept-28-in-New-York-546978/

I've been waiting a long time for an update to the Kindle 3 and I am hoping that they will announce it on the 28th and/or if the tablet is enticing enough I will order that. The iPad 2 is simply too large for me to use an ebook reader and the iPhone 4 does not handle pdf newspapers well enough.

 

[enyaw]

I like this product. How do you order it from amazon.com when they don't deliver to Canada? As of now it's not posted at amazon.ca Does it mean the previous version will drop in price?

 

[Powershot]

Have to wonder what the content restrictions will be on it if/when it lands in Canada.

 

[danibbler]

I don't really get your question. The product has not even been announced yet. There is NO Amazon tablet at the moment to be replaced by this version on the 28th.

I like this product. How do you order it from amazon.com when they don't deliver to Canada? As of now it's not posted at amazon.ca Does it mean the previous version will drop in price?

 

[enyaw]

Sorry must have been a brain fart on my part. Disregard, my mind must have been set on the kindle ereader which connects me with amazon then a collision occurred lol

 

[onthebottom]

This is the one company that has a chance to put a dent in Apple's dominance of the tablet market.

OTB

 

[WoodPeckr]

Kids and their iToys.....

 

[danibbler]

Awww...sour grapes? Still smarting over that Macbook Air comment you made when the iPad first came out? :biggrin1:

Kids and their iToys.....

 

[enyaw]

Woody, I know you like to play the devil's advoc. but don't you possess any toyz? At all?

 

[danibbler]

Probably not - when you're a Linux fanboi, your world is pretty limited.

Woody, I know you like to play the devil's advoc. but don't you possess any toyz? At all?

 

[enyaw]

LOL is all I can say, what round are we in now across the tech board. ding ding aka u and woody

 

[enyaw]

And we all know it takes more than flash to unseat apple from it's throne, no pun intended. What are they bringing to the table?

 

[WoodPeckr]

Woody, I know you like to play the devil's advoc. but don't you possess any toyz? At all?

I have an Atari 5200 system that still runs. It replaced the 2600 Atari that died...oh and a CB radio....:eyebrows:

Won't waste my hard earned money on them silly over priced iToys so popular with kids today.....

 

[enyaw]

k to each it's own

 

[onthebottom]

Interesting POV:

New Amazon Kindle Fire tablet said to be slower version of RIM's PlayBook

By Daniel Eran Dilger

Published: 06:27 PM EST (03:27 PM PST)

Amazon's new Android-based tablet, apparently named the Kindle Fire, is said to be based on the same basic design as RIM's PlayBook, built by the same maker, apart from having a slower processor intended to make it cheaper.

According to a report by Ryan Block of Gdgt, Amazon's forthcoming new Android-based tablet is targeted at the Barnes & Noble Nook Color rather than Apple' s iPad, and is essentially a stopgap offering rushed to make the 2011 holiday buying season.

In order to make that deadline, and to avoid distracting its existing "Lab 126" working on conventional e-ink based Kindle devices, Block said that Amazon worked with Original Design Manufacturer Quanta.

As an ODM, Quanta builds notebooks, netbooks and other devices that are rebranded by other companies. Quanta was the original ODM for the XO-1 notebook aimed at third world markets, and also helped RIM build its PlayBook tablet (depicted below).

For Amazon, Block says Quanta used RIM's PlayBook as a design template to quickly bring a tablet device to market. "I'm told Amazon ran into trouble," Block reported, "and eventually sacrifices were made (like using a slower processor)."

Block said the first generation Android Kindle is "supposed to be pretty poor," calling the device a "stopgap" device and part of an effort to "do whatever it takes to get in the game."

As for Android enthusiasts hoping that Amazon's new tablet will rival the iPad, Block wrote, "I wouldn't get my hopes up that this is going to be an iPad-killer -- nor do I think Amazon really intends it to be."

 

[WoodPeckr]

Probably not - when you're a Linux fanboi, your world is pretty limited.

Wrong again nibs.
With open Linux the world is your oyster, all is available and FREE!
Unlike being a closed captive held hostage by Apple's closed system.

But then Apple fanbois don't mind being cuffed in the cult.....:eyebrows:

 

[danibbler]

Really? I'm not the one stuck with an Atari 5200...

Wrong again nibs.
With open Linux the world is your oyster, all is available and FREE!

 

[danibbler]

Frankly, I don't think that this is going to be an iPad-killer either but it's going to be Amazon's content offerings that will really make the difference from the other has-runs.

I also don't think that it's going to be hopeful for Amazon if people suspect that there is another device just around the corner. That will only put off adopters who think they should wait.

Interesting POV:

New Amazon Kindle Fire tablet said to be slower version of RIM's PlayBook

By Daniel Eran Dilger

Block said the first generation Android Kindle is "supposed to be pretty poor," calling the device a "stopgap" device and part of an effort to "do whatever it takes to get in the game."

As for Android enthusiasts hoping that Amazon's new tablet will rival the iPad, Block wrote, "I wouldn't get my hopes up that this is going to be an iPad-killer -- nor do I think Amazon really intends it to be."

 

[splooge]

I tried ebook reading and though I love tablets, I still want my important books in hard copy.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Really? I'm not the one stuck with an Atari 5200...

Apples and oranges...
Hardly stuck with it nibs, just stored and kept it.

BTW, Atari 5200 that cost, say ~$250 (because I don't really recall what I paid for it) back in the early 80s is in demand by collectors and was valued at $250 on TV auction sites down here in the States. It's value is still appreciating. Wonder what the ~30 games that go with it are worth today?....:eyebrows: