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Permalink Reply by Russell Mickler on September 29, 2011 at 7:09am

Just FYI -

 

Forget Fire for a minute and think about Touch. This is where Kindle/Amazon's offering is strikingly different from a tablet, and can make a real impact.

 

http://mashable.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-touch-first-impression...

 

In my opinion, this is where they should be putting their energy. They simply can't compete on tablets with iPad using an Android platform. They should throw their money and resources at stuff like this which is a unique product with unique value.

 

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Permalink Reply by Russell Mickler on September 29, 2011 at 7:27am

 

FYI, FYI ...

 

The analyst material that I'm reading this morning is actually suggesting the Fire is a Nook-killer and not an iPad killer. I think that assessment is more reasonable than iPad-killer, and that puts the Nook on a path of share erosion unless they radically transform their technology. Now, that's a bit more reasonable to me.

 

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Permalink Reply by Brad Poulson on September 29, 2011 at 10:18am

Thank you all for this rousing discussion!

Putting technology aside for a moment (assuming that content is deliverable to the device), will Amazon’s Kindle Fire be able compete with Apple’s IPad based on it’s ability to deliver content (services that benefit the customer)?
In this Business Week Article, I found this quote:

"Some of the companies that have made tablets and put them on the market ... the reason they haven't been successful is because they made tablets. They didn't make services," Bezos (Amazon’s CEO) said in an interview. "So what we've done is really integrate seamlessly all of our media offerings -- video, movies, TV, apps, games, magazines, games and so on."

In other words: Regardless of the platform, is “Content King!”?

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Permalink Reply by Judith Briles on October 19, 2011 at 12:15pm

not sure... have to see the new baby in action.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Bricker on October 25, 2011 at 3:45pm

I wrote a recent blog post about this. See http://onehourselfpub.com/kindle-fire-vs-ipad

 

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Permalink Reply by Sabrina Ricci on November 4, 2011 at 11:02pm

I'd like to believe that content is king and I think that all the seamless integration of Amazon's digital services is what will make Kindle Fire succeed. But I also have high hopes for B&N's new Nook tablet, which will come out the day after Fire. According to Engadget, the new Nook will be very similar to the Nook Color, and it will be $50 more than Fire, but it will also be lighter and have more RAM and more storage. I work in ebooks, and although I admire Amazon's integration and ability to be this one-stop shop, I do prefer epub--the way ebooks are formatted for pretty much all devices except Amazon's--over mobi (which is Amazon's version.) It makes things easier to design and looks nicer overall. So I'm hoping that there will soon be three big competitors in the tablet field.

 

Here's the Engadget link if anyone wants to read about the new Nook: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/bandn-launching-nook-tablet-for-...

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Permalink Reply by Bradley Flora on January 6, 2012 at 4:08pm

"Kindle Fire Helps Amazon Set Holiday Sales Record"

"If we assume that Amazon has sold at least 2 million Kindle Fires so far, that means it has outsold the original iPad. "

-December 29th, 2011, PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/247097/kindle_fire_helps_amazon_set_...

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