A true competitor needs to be ready out of the box. Anything that needs to be rooted/modified, regardless of how cool it is, will be DOA for most of the buying public.
On Sep 22, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I don't think Amazon's device will be much of a competition either. > From what I have heard, yes, it is Android, and a very Amazon customized, > stripped down version of Android. Apparently, from what I have heard on the > TWiT podcast, is that Amazon's will only come with Amazon's apps and their > App store. No Google suite of products. In other words, from the description, > it will be a color version of their Kindle with the ability to run apps, but > only their apps. > I'm sure once it is released that there will be some developers out there to > load a custom ROM on it (CyanogenMod) so that it is a true Android/Google > experience. But still, with the stripped down version that Amazon is coming > out with, I do not think it will be a competitor against Apple. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:18 AM, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the big contender to the iPAD will end up being the Kindle Scribe. If > Amazon plays their cards right they will have a cheap device, at a good > screen size point. They will also be running a fully customized version of > Android. > > Amazon has the ecosystem to match apple. Between their cloud service for > music and well the Kindle. It should be interesting. > > What has to change eventually is the commodity of Apple. With Apple there is > always this perception of design, cutting edge, ease of use and a cult. Until > Amazon and the Android has that large of a following we won't see the iPAD > get over thrown. > > Just like no one android enabled phone is able to overthrow the iPhone in > terms of sales. If you accumulated all the android phones together the out do > the iPhone in terms of market share. > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I have not used Windows 8. The UI looks like an evolution of their > phone OS, which I have also not been able to play with. I have not > met anyone who has a Windows Phone with which to mess around with it, > and the places I shop only have dead handsets on display. > > I'd really love to see an actual challenger to the iPad emerge, but so > far it seems like no one is equipped to pull it off. Hard to think of > MS as the underdog to Apple but that's who I am pulling for ATM. > > On Sep 21, 6:03 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Link:http://news.cnet.com/8301-33200_3-20109277-290/the-ipad-challengers-a... > > shareaholic.com) > > > > Anyone have an opinion of Win8 yet? I haven't had any hands on yet, but the > > Metro interface looks like crap on a cracker to me. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > > -- > Jim > > blog > "Keep moving Forward" > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
