There’s been a surge in the Amazon tablet rumors over the past few days. The most recent rumor is that Amazon will stream content to the tablet. This rumor is actually half true. Amazon will be streaming content, but there is no tablet involved. You’re not going to believe this, and I really hope you’re [...]
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Amazon share the Android blindspot
April 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There was a post here. I decided to reconsider the post and deleted it. It will probably show up at a later date.
Amazon’s second missed opportunity
April 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
So yesterday I posted about how Amazon missed an opportunity to get ahead of their competition. They could have developed an improved version of the Kindle file format back before the Kindle launched and released it with the new gadget. As I was writing a footnote to that post, I thought of a second opportunity [...]
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I still don’t believe Amazon are working on a tablet
April 21st, 2011 · 20 Comments · opinion
So the “Amazon tablet” rumors reach a fever pitch today with one of the bloggers with gdgt posting a long explanation of why he thinks Samsung are building the Amazon tablet. I respect his opinion and his right to argue a position that has so little factual basis. I’ve done the same before, so I [...]
Amazon’s missed opportunity
April 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
The Kindle finally got library support yesterday. This was an ability that Amazon could have had at launch, except (for some reason known only to them) they didn’t want it. As I was thinking about Amazon’s decisions to limit what the Kindle could do, I was reminded about an upgrade Amazon could have had if [...]
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Amazon Blaze to run Android, have a 4.3″ Mirasol screen
April 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · humor
I wanted to share an elaborate April Fool’s day joke with you. The folks at Android Police spent much of last week putting together a truly impressive practical joke. the combined plausible pictures, detailed tech specs, and even a faked handout from Amazon. I nearly fell for it, it’s that good. i also know a [...]
And people wondered why Amazon launched an app store
March 24th, 2011 · 5 Comments · app store news
The Amazon Appstore launched a couple days ago, and I just finally got all the bugs worked out so I could download apps. Apparently Amazon’s system thought I was outside the US. (I live in the South, so I’m pretty sure that was just wishful thinking.) I just downloaded the free app of the day, [...]
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Amazon killed Lendle – what’s the rest of the story?
March 21st, 2011 · 11 Comments · Amazon, opinion
Earlier today the ebook lending site Lendle shut down their site, claiming in a tweet that: Amazon has revoked Lendle’s API access. This is why the site is down. It’s sad and unfortunate that Amazon is shutting down Lending sites. In a later tweet: According to Amazon, Lendle does not “serve the principal purpose of [...]
The hardware blind spot – Why Amazon probably isn’t working on a Kindle Android tablet
March 21st, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
The Kindle Android rumors surfaced again on Friday. The NY Times noticed that Amazon are hiring Android developers at Lab126 (they develop the Kindle hardware and apps) and jumped to the obvious conclusion. Amazon must be working on a Kindle that runs Android, and that this new device could have a color screen. There are [...]
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