The voice of the Fire can also refer to the voice of Amazon's Kindle Fire HD, though, and that one I do recommend. Mostly for the text-to-speech feature. It just feels like a three or four-generation jump since the K3. The most human voice I've yet heard from a machine available in the popular market.
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Btw, Amazon is starting to play hard-ball, haha!
They have a point, technically. Though I think that most people will have to be forced to compare the two tablets very closely indeed to notice the difference in the screen. And the iPad Mini is a lot thinner and much lighter, and can do a lot more than the KF, which basically is just a window into Amazon's online store. You can't even shop in the regular Android app store, you're restricted to Amazon's app selection.
But it doesn't hurt that somebody is putting the screw to Apple, finally. Humility has never been their strongest point, anything which may help them to see that they may not be perfect might help.
Anyway, here is another view on the iPad Mini's price. Basically they say it's affordable, and also Amazon and Google are making zip when selling theirs.
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TCG said:
That's sad! I wonder how long they can continue doing that! :-(
Yes, that's what this writer says too.
Amazon, and one assumes Google too, are betting on more-sales and later content sales will more than make up for the lost profit on the hardware. Whether that will work is anybody's guess. There are so many factors. We were told, for example, that Apple makes very little money on iTunes (this was back when it only sold music), but that iPod sales made well up for it.
TCG said:
when their "window of opportunity" runs out, then we'll ALL be sitting around w/shit that might as well be a WAY FANCY coaster, fer crying out loud! :-(
Well... I think that the only risk, and that's a very small one, is that Amazon for example would go completely bust and go away. It won't, it'd be bought up.
And even if it did, you'd still have those books you had downloaded on a Kindle. OK that will only work for some years, but still it's not exactly a high-risk scenario.
In other words, I don't think there's anything *really* to fear or hate, I am only campaigning on general principles of truth and openness.
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Amazon and Google are making zip when selling theirs.
That's sad! I wonder how long they can continue doing that! :-(
Yes, that's what this writer says.
Amazon, and one assumes Google too, are betting on more-sales and content sales will more than make up for the lost profit on the hardware. Whether that will work is anybody's guess. There are so many factors. We were told, for example, that Apple makes very little money on iTunes (this was when it only sold music), but that iPod sales made well up for it.
Sorry...admittedly, I hadn't taken the time to read the article, yet; that was just my initial "knee-jerk" reaction: because...since that is the case, when their "window of opportunity" runs out, then we'll ALL be sitting around w/shit that might as well be a WAY FANCY coaster, fer crying out loud! :-( And, yeah...I've always known that, re: their "ownership" of all of "our" content. I think we can thank Apple for that format, can't we?! I mean...they started that, w/iTunes. I knew that they were just "lending" us "our" music, WAY longtime ago; hence, why I REFUSED to buy into it, already back then! But...Amazon jumped on the band wagon, after they branched out from their actual TANGIBLE products to...streaming movies as well as the Kindle(s) content, now. And...then, Apple introduced the "cloud" technology, w/Steve being ADAMANT about a person NEVER having to *ever* need a USB cable, nor port, ever again, with the "convenience" of it all! That just made it CHEAPER for them to build; less headaches, for tech support; and, of course, the "convenience" to BOTH parties involved! [puke!]
I'm w/you re: that whole "nothing guaranteed" thing being BOGUS! If someone is advertising a SERVICE that we are to USE, then...why wouldn't we expect them to PROTECT it...like we, ALL, expect of ALL services that we use!
I am SAD that we have to rely on Amazon to keep "our" e-books in a cloud and that, essentially, NONE OF WHAT WE have "PURCHASED" REALLY *IS* OURS, IN THE END!! BUT...we have ALL bought into it [excuse the unavoidable pun!], now, so...we all walked through the door...like blind zombies! Is it time for an UPROAR?! ;-) (I think that crap re: having completely obliterated someone's account is total B.S. as well! Makes me wish that I could find and have an e-reader COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of either parties and their SCHEMES! Bozo (I know; not his real name, entirely; it fits, though!) is just a Steve Jobs "wanna be," after all!
Well... I think that the only risk, and that's a very small one, is that Amazon for example would go completely bust and go away. It won't, it'd be bought.
And even if it did, you'd still have those books you had downloaded on a Kindle. OK that will only work for some years, but still it's not exactly a high-risk scenario.
In other words, I don't think there's anything *really* to fear or hate, I am only campaigning on general principles of truth and openness.
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