Hi Buzz Crew – Tom, in Episode 1187, you and Donald were trying to discern why Amazon and Apple seem so buddy-buddy about putting the Kindle reader and store in the iPad when it seems like the iPad is essentially a Kindle competitor. It occurred to me that Amazon may have concluded that developing and supporting hardware is not their core business – selling books is. They’ve done a good job of creating the appetite for their e-book product – which could not have been done without the Kindle device. The next step in their strategy may be to let Apple (and other hardware manufacturers) take over the device side while they focus on their core business. While Kindle fans may not be thrilled about this, the reality is that a choice between a single use Kindle or a multi-use iPad – at relatively
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| - Hi Buzz Crew – Tom, in Episode 1187, you and Donald were trying to discern why Amazon and Apple seem so buddy-buddy about putting the Kindle reader and store in the iPad when it seems like the iPad is essentially a Kindle competitor. It occurred to me that Amazon may have concluded that developing and supporting hardware is not their core business – selling books is. They’ve done a good job of creating the appetite for their e-book product – which could not have been done without the Kindle device. The next step in their strategy may be to let Apple (and other hardware manufacturers) take over the device side while they focus on their core business. While Kindle fans may not be thrilled about this, the reality is that a choice between a single use Kindle or a multi-use iPad – at relatively
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| - Hi Buzz Crew – Tom, in Episode 1187, you and Donald were trying to discern why Amazon and Apple seem so buddy-buddy about putting the Kindle reader and store in the iPad when it seems like the iPad is essentially a Kindle competitor. It occurred to me that Amazon may have concluded that developing and supporting hardware is not their core business – selling books is. They’ve done a good job of creating the appetite for their e-book product – which could not have been done without the Kindle device. The next step in their strategy may be to let Apple (and other hardware manufacturers) take over the device side while they focus on their core business. While Kindle fans may not be thrilled about this, the reality is that a choice between a single use Kindle or a multi-use iPad – at relatively similar price points – is going to go to the iPad and its competitors. To be honest, it is unlikely that Amazon could keep up technologically with Sony, Apple, and others in this market, seeing as other hardware companies (like Dell) can’t even do that. The Kindle device days are numbered, I think… but not its functionality. Love the show! Today I used Facebook instead of Google to find information. I wanted to know what time my college team played in the NCAA tournament. Previously, I would google WVU basketball schedule. Today, since I am a fan of WVU sports on Facebook, I went to my Facebook page, found the latest post by WVU sports. The time & place of the game was listed. In addition there was a link to an article that had info about a pep rally, meet & greet & other activities if you are actually in Buffalo attending the game. Facebook wins! Hey Buzz Crew, I’m wondering if some of Apple’s reasoning for removing film screen protectors from their stores has to do with film’s adhesive possibly damaging the oleophobic coating on the Apple touch devices. Just a thought.
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