Amazon tablet could be a real iPad competitor?
Lots more rumours seem to be popping up about a possible new Amazon tablet with 'analysts' claiming that it will be a real competitor for the iPad. One interesting part of the rumour mill on this tablet is that it could retail for just $299, which would be great.
So Amazon already gave up trying to convince people with superior design and content since they had to play the price card?
ReplyDeleteCan you say 'cheap'?
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteWho said superior design and cheap have to be exclusive?
A cheap tablet could do a lot of what people want it for (web browsing, movies, ebooks). The question is: can a usable tablet be manufactured cheaply? We'll get there eventually, but I doubt we're there yet, technically. Amazon could lower the price by subsidizing its cost (like cell phone carriers), but for that to work they've got to make a fat stream of app/ad/or media sales later.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Apple will solidify its hold on the market for prosumer music apps.
"The question is: can a usable tablet be manufactured cheaply?"
ReplyDeleteThe answer is YES!
But the real question is : would stores sell it?
I can't count how much sub-200$ tablet models exists right now (Nook, Archos, Asian market tabets, you could even count older ipad, got mine at 225$), but they are nowhere to be found in stores. Stores would rather sell you a 500$ tablet.
At the moment, none of these tablets have any decent apps, so it doesn't matter how good they are or if they are competitive; competitive in what sense, the price? Doesn't matter how cheap they are at the moment or because they've got flash, or can do multitasking, or have a camera, or two? MEH. I look forward to these platforms having the same dev network, but until then......keep watching the skies!
ReplyDeleteThe os and it's capabilities will decide If it's a competitor. For me I'd music wise google need to sort the latency. There's seems more scope to experiment with apps on iOS. I saw a video of Bada os running mixxx and that made me stand up and take notice. I can see this from a music point of view as we are on a music blog and that I bought an iPad to use in my studio. The only tablet I would replace this with is the iPad 2. Having said that I did consider a hp touchpad for the ridiculous cheap price but even then I dont need it.
ReplyDeletegeez people, the price is a RUMOR. It might not even be true... why does everyone think they can predict 10 additional steps into the future when the premise is not even established?
ReplyDeleteAccording to http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/uk-hp-touchpad-idUSLNE77U02K20110831, the parts in the recently canceled HP tablet cost US$318.
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