Post Tagged with: "amazon"

Is there a future for dedicated eReaders?
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Is there a future for dedicated eReaders?

When Amazon introduced their first Kindle eReader, there were a lot of articles that suggested that this device represented the future of books. Many wrote that thanks to the Kindle, eBooks would go mainstream and be the most popular way people would read a book in the future. To some degree, there was a lot [...]

Published by on April 9, 2012 7:22 am
Why Amazon Will Create Brick and Mortar Retail Stores
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Why Amazon Will Create Brick and Mortar Retail Stores

Over the years, in my various discussions with Steve Jobs about Apple and their products, there was one theme that always came out when we discussed any of his product designs; they had to be easy to use. In fact, he was the consummate customer of Apple products. If he deemed them not “easy-to-use” then [...]

Published by on February 13, 2012 6:43 am
Amazon & the End of the Book
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Amazon & the End of the Book

With the end of the Nook for Barnes & Noble and doom and gloom on expected losses and lowered guidance for fiscal 2012, the company’s stock fell 18 percent. The Nook was the poster child of Barnes & Noble’s in-store growth strategy. It’s nemesis, Amazon, is doling out cash to authors who make their e-books available exclusively [...]

Published by on January 6, 2012 8:56 am
Why Amazon is Not the New Apple
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Why Amazon is Not the New Apple

Over the last few months I have heard and read many comments about the idea that Amazon is the new Apple. In fact, in a very good piece in Forbes, E.D. Cain asks if Amazon is the new Apple directly. He makes some good points to suggest that Amazon is very much following in Apple’s [...]

Published by on January 3, 2012 3:17 am
Gaming AMD’s 2012 Strategy
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Gaming AMD’s 2012 Strategy

AMD intends to pursue “growth opportunities” in low-powered devices, emerging markets and Internet-based businesses. There’s an awful lot of mis-guided analysis wafting about regarding AMD’s new strategic direction, which the company says it will make public in February. This piece is to help you (and me) sort through the facts and the opportunities. I last [...]

Published by on November 30, 2011 2:06 pm
My Experience with the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet
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My Experience with the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet

I’d like to start this topic off by making a point. The way most reviewers review technology products is helpful for those to whom technology is well understood and non-threatening. However, I would argue, that the way most reviewers review and compare products is not helpful for the way the average non-techie consumer processes information [...]

Published by on November 21, 2011 3:34 am
The Tech.pinions Amazon Kindle Fire Review Roundup
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The Tech.pinions Amazon Kindle Fire Review Roundup

Well the reviews are out and it seems like they are mostly positive. Other than a few user interface gripes it appears most reviewers believe the Kindle Fire to be a worthy Android tablet competitor but not much of an iPad competitor. From our own experience with the Kindle Fire we tend to agree on [...]

Published by on November 13, 2011 10:33 pm
Analysis: How Amazon’s Kindle Fire Will Impact The Tablet Market
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Analysis: How Amazon’s Kindle Fire Will Impact The Tablet Market

I have been using the Kindle Fire for a while now and I am quite impressed with this new entry into the tablet space. Although one of Amazon’s major goals was to make this a great eBook reader, the fact that it runs on Android and can run Android apps, has a Web browser, and [...]

Published by on November 13, 2011 9:01 pm
The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet Will Not Slow the iPad
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The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet Will Not Slow the iPad

Philip Elmer-DeWitt reported on the Fortune blog about data released suggesting the potential impact of the Kindle Fire on iPad sales. The data originated from ChangeWave and points out several key findings from their survey of “early adopter types.” 5% of those surveyed said they had pre-ordered or were very likely to buy Amazon’s new [...]

Published by on November 9, 2011 9:54 pm
How Amazon’s Silk Will Treat Your Privacy
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How Amazon’s Silk Will Treat Your Privacy

Debates in tech land all too often degenerate quickly into name-calling cat fights among partisans. So it’s rare, and gratifying to see two sides naturally skeptical of each other engage in a dialogue that actually enlightens rather than inflames. The Electronic Frontier Foundation,  reflecting the views of many privacy advocates, raised concerns about the amount [...]

Published by on October 19, 2011 5:03 am
A $299 Amazon Kindle Fire- What It Could Be
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A $299 Amazon Kindle Fire- What It Could Be

Last week the industry was engrossed in the Amazon Kindle Fire launch. There was lots of excitement, speculation and many questions on it. The $199 price point was one of the biggest points of excitement, particularly in that it was less than half the price of the Apple iPad 2. What could a $299 Fire [...]

Published by on October 3, 2011 3:40 am
The New Kindles=Razor and Razor Blades with eBook Readers
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The New Kindles=Razor and Razor Blades with eBook Readers

The new Kindles, with prices at $79 and $99 finally introduces the concept of the razor and razor blade business model to eBooks. We are all familiar with the idea of razor companies creating very cheap razors and then getting people to come back and buy a never-ending supply of razor blades to use for [...]

Published by on October 3, 2011 3:36 am
Unanswered Questions about the Amazon Kindle Fire
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Unanswered Questions about the Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon threw their axe into the tablet sea Wednesday with the launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire. On paper, the Kindle Fire seems like a killer value proposition. For $199, you get continuous computing access to 18 million books, movies, TV shows, music, newspapers, unlimited cloud content storage, and fastest web browsing. And all this [...]

Published by on September 30, 2011 8:02 pm
What if Amazon Bought webOS?
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What if Amazon Bought webOS?

MobileBeat has an interesting article this morning reporting that Amazon is apparently in talks to buy webOS from HP. Although this deal could make a fair bit of sense I don’t see the immediate need for Amazon. If they were to purchase webOS it would obviously be fully own the OS layer for their hardware [...]

Published by on September 30, 2011 7:28 am
Kindle Fire Threatens Google More Than Apple
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Kindle Fire Threatens Google More Than Apple

Much of the coverage of Amazon’s announcement of the Kindle Fire has, understandably, focused on the potential competition with Apple’s iPad. While the two products are clear competitive in the sense that some consumers will pick one and forego the other, it is entirely possible that Amazon will sell millions of Fires without making much of a dent in iPad [...]

Published by on September 29, 2011 2:35 pm
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