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He he. I remember when the PRS500 came out that one of the common complaints that would "doom this niche gadget" to obscurity and failure was that the only way to get books for it was the Sony Connect store. (Wrong on all counts there but....)
Now they complain that for the latest gadget you can get your programs from more than one store. sigh..... Since when did Rufus T. Firefly start doing reviews? |
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i'm not buying a dedicated device until all books and apps are available exclusively from one gigantic genetically-engineered supercow (preferably an amazon cow), that's for sure. that's what's stopped me so far.
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There's a huge difference between 3 application stores installed as default on a device, and the possibility to access more than a single application store.
Having a single application store installed as default is much more user-friendly. The problem with the AppStore is that Apple has complete control over the distribution of applications. Android phones should be shipped to the consumer with a single application store (based on the telco, the phone manufacturer, whatever...), and let the user install additionnal stores if they'd like to have more choice. |
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If there's some confusion regarding the stores then it's not because there are multiple ones, but because the particular implementation of this feature has a bad user interface. And then there are the cases of unfounded confusion just because something is new. E.g., my mother gets quite confused every time something new happens, even if it's something utterly irrelevant, such as a new version of a program having a Help-button where the previous version had no button (and although she wouldn't need to use the help the mere appearance of such a button would confuse her for some inexplicable reason). |
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Oh heck, if it comes to that, I know several people who are convinced that their TV sets are all going to explode or something if they don't run out and buy a digital box before the digital only broadcast deadline.
Notwithstanding the fact that (1) they are all new sets, (2) there is nothing but either (a) cable or (b) satellite out here, and (3) no one .... NO ONE .... has an antenna on their house. Some people are simply hopeless. And, for those folks, if they are only presented with one store by default, that's the only place they will ever go. It would never occur to them to look for better bargains somewhere else. So, I say kudos to whoever decided to at least give them some options. |
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But Apple's desire for control may come back to bite them. Among other things, developers are complaining because the NDA they have to sign to get the SDK to develop iPhone apps not only prevents them from revealing anything about it, it also prevents them from comparing notes with other developers about how to use various features and address particular problems. Contrast this with Android, where anyone can get the code (I have the SDK here) and there are active Google groups devoted to coding for Android and sharing tips and techniques. Quote:
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Newspapers are hurting, with ad lineage trending steadily down. Most are laying off staff, and some are even doing things like threatening to stop subscribing to Associated Press feeds due to the costs. Like just about everyone else, the NYT is trying to transition to the web at least in part, but online advertising revenues aren't anywhere near replacing the lost print ads. No surprise the Technology section should choose to license content like ReadWriteWeb, as it will be a lot cheaper than developing it themselves. ______ Dennis |
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It's a non-issue for people that post on message boards for digital devices. But it is an issue for general consumers. Not because they can't fathom the concept of having more than 1 store, but because some may or may not ever become aware of other stores, or might unsuccessfully search for some game or app that they heard of, because they are at the wrong store.
It's a bit of an inconvenience as well, having to enter credit card information and registration for multiple sites. I mean I don't really care, but if you ever need to re-download something it's a no-brainer at the Apple App Store. With my old Palm PDA's I had to go hunt down registration codes, or Handango or PalmGear logins, etc. I think the single store approach is generally better for the Kindle, if not for all Kindle owners. The G1 is a bit more techy oriented than the Kindle or iPod, so it's no big deal. |
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I made a post on MR a while back talking about the market and the likelihood Sony and Amazon would "stay the course". From my perspective, for Sony, it was about the reader. They make and sell consumer electronics, and came up with a new consumer electronic device, which required them to come up with content to read on the device and an infrastructure to sell it. For Amazon, I saw it being about the books. Amazon is a major retailer of paper volumes, and saw an opportunity to be the same for electronic works. They already had the content and the infrastructure to deliver it. They just needed a device to display it. Sony wants to sell you readers, and doesn't care where you get the books. Amazon wants to sell you books, and does care. ______ Dennis |
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