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For me, any interest in "Fire" depends critically on exactly what this turns out to mean, in practice ....
A decent tablet, at a realistic price? That interests me. If it's merely used as a way to leverage pay-for or subscription "cloud" services, that doesn't. And a lot depends on what services they expect to be in the cloud. I am not, for instance, storing my personal data in some cloud, and I'm not using cloud-based pay-for applications (like Office apps). Not now, and not ever. That kind of storage, and functionality, stays with me on a PC under my direct control. Period.Quote:
As he previously stressed, the appeal of the Kindle Fire won't be in the hardware, or even necessarily the software in isolation, but the ease of access to the broad range of cloud content services Amazon has on offer, including books, music and video.
So for me, it all depends on exactly what that quote turns out to mean. If it's a useful device with cloud capabilities, but is useful to me without compromising the above, I'm interested. Very interested, in fact. If they expect me to buy hardware to leverage access to services they want to sell that I'm not going to buy, then I'm about as interested in "Fire" as I am in catching a dose of Ebola "Mayinga".
In other words, the jury is still out for me. And that's with me liking Amazon as a company, which is more than I can say for some competitive products.
Saracen - being an android device I wouldn't be surprised if lots of ROMs where available pretty quickly for this so if you don't like the amazon changes (cloud etc) I'm sure you'll find something else to install. The only issue is if they have deliberately borked the storage (i.e. no SD slot) to push people to use the cloud. That could seriously dent the devices usefulness with a custom rom.
Good point, cheesemp. Thanks.
They are not catering for you though, Saracen but for the mass market which doesn't have or doesn't want to spend £400/£500.
I think it will be a winner.
That market includes me, though. I do want a tablet, and have looked at and been tempted by several. But when I boil it down, I'm not into spending £500 on it, because I won't get value for money, for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by EzyRyder
The same applied to e-readers. I watched them come in at several hundred pounds, and I said much the same thing (apart from the cloud bit), which was .... release one with the right features at the right price, and I'll buy. I also said, IIRC, a max of £100. I gave in with the Kindle 3 at £109, which bearing in mind it's primarily for work use, amounts to £92.77. The same applies to a tablet. I'm not interested in early-adopter premium-priced models, and I'm not interested in status-symbol Apple branding either, but the right model (spec and feature list/function) at the right price is something, unlike smartphones which don't appeal to me, that I'm positively waiting for. If the "Fire" ticks the right boxes, I'll buy. If not, I won't.
Everyone assumes kindle tablet will run Android, but, has anyone considered it might run QNX?
A licensed playbook SKU with a custom skin in effect........
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/play...ards-50005216/
I doubt it Jediabeeftrix - Amazon have put a lot of effort into android such as the android market and many apps such as the cloud music player. They seem quite keen on it - Why would they then switch to something completely different?
I do agree that they are not value for money unless you bought the HP Touchpad like I did. What I am saying is that most users won't care about it being in the cloud.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracen
I think that depends on exactly what they mean. So far, it's pretty vague, but presumably, that'll become clearer with an official announcement. Then, whether I'm interested or not will become clearer too.Quote:
Originally Posted by EzyRyder