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Amazon Heeds SI’s Advice on Tablet Pricing

 Digital Media, Tablets  7 Responses »
Sep 282011
 
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No, you schmucks are not the only ones reading, and more importantly benefiting from, the nonpareil SI blog.

Y’all can pat your collective backs today that you’re in august company.

Obviously, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is an avid reader of the SI blog because in August we recommended that the upcoming Kindle Tablet must be priced between $200-$250 if it intends to be a viable player in a market lorded over by the iPad.

This is what SI wrote on August 1, 2011:

With most consumers strongly fixated on the iPad, we don’t see how Amazon can gain quick traction unless it launches an entry-level 16GB model at $200-$250, a significantly lower price point compared to Apple’s $499 price for the 16GB iPad 2.

And as we all know by now, Bezos followed our sage counsel – Amazon came in at the low end of our suggested price, i.e. $199 for its Kindle Fire tablet launched today.

It’s heartening to note that good advice does not always fall on deaf ears. ;)

But it’s a bit disappointing that the Kindle Fire offers only 8GB storage instead of our recommended 16GB but Amazon is offering unlimited Cloud Storage.

Amazon Launches Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire ships on November 15.

By the way, you can pre-order the Kindle Fire tablet on Amazon’s web site now.

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Amazon Guns for iPad with $199 Kindle Fire Tablet
Ha Ha Ha, ROFL; Amazon Will Sell 5m Tablets in Q4, Predicts Forrester
Can Amazon Lift the Sinking Android Tablets?

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Amazon Guns for iPad with $199 Kindle Fire Tablet

 Android, Digital Media, Tablets  10 Responses »
Sep 282011
 
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In hopes of riding the current tablet wave sweeping consumers, E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com today launched a $199 tablet it’s calling the Kindle Fire.

As expected, it’s a 7-inch touchscreen device running a custom version of Google’s Android software.

Amazon Debuts $199 Kindle FireCan Kindle Fire Catch Fire
with Consumers?

Key Features

* The dual-processor tablet weighs 14.6-oz, is WiFi only and does not support 3G connectivity.

* It comes with 8GB of internal storage (supposedly enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books).

* As for battery life, Amazon is promising up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off.

* Kindle Fire includes a browser called Amazon Silk (yes, it supports Flash) and free cloud storage.

Amazon plans to start shipping the Kindle Fire from November 15, in time for the rich pickings of the holiday shopping season.

The Bad and the Good

Kindle Fire lacks a camera or a microphone.

Bad -  This means you can’t use the device to make Skype video calls the way you can with the iPad 2.

If even regular Skype (i.e. non-video version) does not work on the Kindle Fire a lot of folks are going to be disappointed.

Amazon’s main rival the Apple iPad has both WiFi and 3G versions and sports a 9.7-inch screen.

Bad – As we’ve said in some of our earlier posts, the 7-inch screen is rather small for a tablet. Continue reading »

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Amazon Plays with Fire – Kindle Fire

 Digital Media, Tablets  2 Responses »
Sep 272011
 
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As almost universally expected, Amazon will launch its tablet Wednesday at an event in New York City.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos himself will do the honors.

Dubbed Kindle Fire, the device is said to be a  7-inch touchscreen tablet running a custom version of Google’s Android software.

Pricing for the Kindle Fire is still hush-hush.

But if Amazon wants to compete with the popular Apple iPad 2 it can’t price the Kindle Fire beyond $300. Anything more will be the kiss of death. An entry-level 16GB Apple iPad 2 WiFi-only version costs $499.

Kindle Fire is expected to start shipping in November, in time for the lucrative holiday shopping season in the U.S.

Prospects for Kindle Fire

We’re inclined to believe that Amazon is playing with fire with the Kindle Fire. Continue reading »

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SI Ditches Netflix Streaming, Jumps on Amazon Prime

 Digital Media  3 Responses »
Sep 262011
 
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Oh yeah, SI is jumping on the Amazon streaming bandwagon.

Like millions of Americans, we too are hopping mad at the Netflix bastards for hiking their fees by a whopping 60% for customers on the DVD+streaming plan.

So when we read Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ note today on the e-commerce web site that the company had inked a deal with Fox to expand its streaming portfolio, we decided to give Amazon streaming aka Amazon Prime a shot.

Plus, it’s free for the first 30-days and you can cancel it before the trial period ends without paying a penny. ;)

SI Ditches Netflix Streaming, Jumps on Amazon Prime

The Fox deal expands Amazon’s Movies and TV shows on its streaming platform to 11,000 titles. Still limited compared to Netflix’ 30,000 plus movie and TV titles but we expect Amazon will ramp up its offerings soon if it intends to stay in the game.

New additions from the Fox library include 24, Arrested Development, The X-Files, Ally McBeal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Wonder Years. Continue reading »

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Ha Ha Ha, ROFL; Amazon Will Sell 5m Tablets in Q4, Predicts Forrester

 Digital Media, Tablets  6 Responses »
Aug 292011
 
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After enduring the earthquake and Irene, yours ‘battered’ truly really needed a good laugh.

Thank God for those bozos at market researcher Forrester.

Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.

ROFL ;)

Listen, guys, Forrester is predicting that it sees Amazon ‘easily selling 3 million to 5 million units in Q4 alone.’

Sure, Forrester adds the caveat of right price and enough supply:

If it’s launched at the right price with enough supply, we see Amazon’s tablet easily selling 3 million to 5 million units in Q4 alone, disrupting not only Apple’s product strategy but other tablet manufacturers’ as well. Apple will maintain a strong lead in market share, but Amazon will gain ground quickly and give product strategists from media, software, retail, banking, and other firms a reason to kick app development for Android tablets into high gear.

And pray, what’s the right price?

Apparently, the price Forrester is looking at for the Amazon tablet is below $300.

God, whatever the folks at Forrester smoke we’d like some of it as well. Please! We’re tiring of our daily staples, Guinness Extra Stout beer and Gilbey’s Gin. ;)

Forget all this 3 million or 5 million tablet sales pipe-dreams in the fourth quarter.

Here’s what we think Amazon ought to do instead of focusing on price and supply chain alone. Continue reading »

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Can Amazon Lift the Sinking Android Tablets?

 Digital Media, Tablets  No Responses »
Aug 012011
 
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To digital media aficionados, a group that includes yours truly, one of the most anticipated events is the upcoming launch of Amazon’s tablets.

Let’s make it the supposed launch since Amazon has yet to officially announce its tablet strategy.

But the rumors are flying fast and furious.

Amazon will launch three tablets. No, there will be just one. It will be a Nook-competitor and not a full-fledged tablet. It’ll be a low-priced tablet. It will be a 9-inch tablet. And so on go the rumors.

While there’s little agreement on the details, almost all writers are unanimous that Amazon’s tablet, in whatever form factor or features it may come with, will be based on the Android OS and debut in the not too distant future.

Perhaps, as early as the current quarter.

But will yet another Android tablet make any difference to the platform’s flagging status in the tablet marketplace?

It’s no secret that the Android-based tablets have so far been laggards and not made much of an impact in the tablet arena dominated by the Apple iPad, which is now in its second generation.

Pricing of Major Tablets

Major Android tablet vendors including Acer, Asus, Motorola and Samsung just don’t seem to have the wind behind their back.

Even as overall tablet sales are surging, Android vendors have failed to gain traction. Not surprisingly, their prices are falling and we’re starting to see $100 discounts (like from Staples recently).

All the iPad competitors (Android-based, Blackberry or webOS) are not selling in large numbers because for the most part they’re found wanting when pitted against the iPad (despite its lack of Flash support). Continue reading »

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