10-22-2009, 02:03 PM | #31 |
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Considering that Amazon seem to have forgotten to get Apple to make the Kindle iPhone app worldwide I'm not holding my breath waiting for a PC app.
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10-22-2009, 02:12 PM | #32 |
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Why should I go with a company who are only doing the minimum after being forced into it by their competition outplaying them?
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10-22-2009, 02:14 PM | #33 | |
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10-22-2009, 02:18 PM | #35 | |
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For example, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that B&N is getting into ebooks and releasing their own device (years late) because they were "outplayed" by others, or that Sony plans to add wireless because they were "outplayed" by Amazon, and so forth. If anything, it's a good thing that all of these companies are pushing each other, since it will overall improve the field as a whole. |
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Don't forget that in addition to whatever time Amazon takes with its developers -- who are probably pretty busy lately -- Apple takes its sweet time in approving apps. Plus let's face it, they announced the international service what, less than a week ago? Though I concur that Amazon is not the speediest software writers in town, a tiny bit of patience might be in order. |
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He's also said he would allow Kindle on "other devices" as long as they're willing to add Whispernet support. I can't imagine any ebook readers would accept that, so I'd assume from a practical perspective this will mean Kindle apps on more smartphones and, eventually, for OS X and possibly even Linux. |
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The Amazon Kindle Facebook page/person/whatever just said a mac version would be out in a couple of months, too.
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10-22-2009, 02:50 PM | #43 |
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And communication gives you a better relationship with your customers. It's a bugbear of mine how companies are just so bad at it when 5 minutes does more to de-annoy customers than ignoring them.
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10-22-2009, 03:03 PM | #44 |
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Do the words "running scared" come to anyone elses mind???
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10-22-2009, 03:05 PM | #45 |
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Hopefully they can crank this out pretty quickly. I think the Kindle experience is far superior to reading on a PC, I think it does open up a few interesting possibilities. (For one thing, there are periodicals for Kindle that would really benefit from a color screen.)
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