Amazon acquires touch-screen maker for future Kindle project

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  • Reply 61 of 73
    john.bjohn.b Posts: 2,742member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gin_tonic View Post


    No one? 3 million "no one" have bought Kindle readers



    How do we know this is the real number of Kindles? I've never seen it officially stated (e.g. within AMZN financials which would require some semblance of truthfulness).
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  • Reply 62 of 73
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    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post


    That does happen. However assuming they did think it through they now need an OS ... as I said before, Google may get involved here.



    Nook eBook from Barnes and Noble already got ... Android OS
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  • Reply 64 of 73
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    Originally Posted by Bageljoey View Post


    Maybe true, maybe not. But the technology sounds interesting and could lead to all sorts of posibilities if it is really viable. I'm all for it if it has the possibility to move us forward.



    Besides, I believe Amazon is showing that they understand the future of the game--if they did not make a play for the hardware, they would have *nothing* when competitors like Apple came out with snazzy devices like the iPad linked directly to their iBook store.



    I don't think it is a done deal that Apple has this market sewed up in the future, but it would be much more likely if all Amazon had was apps on everyone else's hardware....



    I give Amazon credit for the push they are making (even if the idea of a Kindle apps store competing seriously with Apple's app store is ludicrous).



    Sure and there is room for more than one product, especially if it still has e-ink. Now if the rest of them would add a comprehensive search function...
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  • Reply 65 of 73
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    Originally Posted by MatLu View Post


    Apple has the cash and cash equivalents of 7.6 billion USD. Amazon has a 52 billion dollar market cap.



    (a) As has been pointed out, your cash number is wrong; (b) More important, what does cash have to do with a company's ability or willingness to purchase an asset?
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  • Reply 66 of 73
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    Originally Posted by Blastdoor View Post


    I couldn't agree more. What the heck is Amazon thinking here? Next thing you know, Wal-Mart will start building cars and Microsoft will start selling a line of women's underwear.



    What is it with these companies that don't understand the importance of focusing on what they're good at?



    Yeah! Don't companies know they should limit themselves only to what they've always done and not think of growth and expansion? Next thing you know Apple will tell us they're gonna make a phone!!!!
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  • Reply 67 of 73
    [QUOTE]What a dumb idea, here we go again another company stepping outside there core competency. This is as bad as Google trying to be a hardware company. When times get tough and money is short the first place Amazon will cut it this acquisition.



    Amazon sell cheap books and provide store store fronts so other can sell cheap stuff, Their last great idea was one-click, ow wait they lost that case./QUOTE]



    and Apple didn't step outside their core competency when they made the first ipod, or the iphone?
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  • Reply 68 of 73
    nikon133nikon133 Posts: 2,600member
    According to this article here:



    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17608



    Google is involved, and then some. Makes sense to me - if Google wants to enter tablet market (which is sort of natural expansion for touchscreen smart phone platforms), they do need strong partner in ebook market. And who's better than company that is strong, yet under pressure from Apple tablet efforts?
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  • Reply 69 of 73
    jetzjetz Posts: 1,293member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blastdoor View Post


    What is it with these companies that don't understand the importance of focusing on what they're good at?



    Just imagine if Apple had said they would stick to computers. A computer company selling mp3 players, phones and personal media players? Crazy.
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  • Reply 70 of 73
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nikon133 View Post


    According to this article here:



    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17608



    Google is involved, and then some. Makes sense to me - if Google wants to enter tablet market (which is sort of natural expansion for touchscreen smart phone platforms), they do need strong partner in ebook market. And who's better than company that is strong, yet under pressure from Apple tablet efforts?



    Hmmm.... Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see anything in that article that suggests that Google is working with Amazon, just some speculation about what Amazon might do and what Google might do.



    One problem for Google is that apparently any tablet from them would be running Chrome, which kind of puts them in the MS Win/WinMo camp, with two seperate tracks for mobile and larger scale-- at the same time Apple is leveraging their "iOS" across platforms (and bearing in mind that it's actually just a flavor of their desktop OS).
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  • Reply 71 of 73
    nikon133nikon133 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by addabox View Post


    Hmmm.... Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see anything in that article that suggests that Google is working with Amazon, just some speculation about what Amazon might do and what Google might do.



    One problem for Google is that apparently any tablet from them would be running Chrome, which kind of puts them in the MS Win/WinMo camp, with two seperate tracks for mobile and larger scale-- at the same time Apple is leveraging their "iOS" across platforms (and bearing in mind that it's actually just a flavor of their desktop OS).



    You are right - title is misleading; based on a title one would expect that Amazon and Google are almost like merging to fight Apple.



    I did initially only a quick read and what caught my eye was the part about ...the Touchco folks will soon be neighbors to Apple, moving into Google's Kindle hardware division, Lab126 ... but that is likely a mistake and should say Amazon's Kindle hardware division.



    That being said... if Google is planning to expand to tablets, having strong partnership with ebook publisher/store is absolute necessity, and Amazon looks like logical partner for that. Likewise, if Amazon is planning on expanding Kindle platform, they need decent OS - and Google looks like the best choice, short of Apple's OS (which they can't have anyway)... so in a way, Google and Amazon are natural allies.



    Since article is purely speculative, we don't know if (still hypothetical) tablet from Google/Amazon will have Android OS, or Chromium. Wasn't Chromium supposed to be netbook OS, Linux running on x86 architecture - Atom, Ion etc? I'd expect that tablet will be running Tegra-grade hardware, not Atom.



    We'll see. Interesting times before us.
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  • Reply 72 of 73
    icyfogicyfog Posts: 338member
    Now which company is playing catch-up? Amazon.
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  • Reply 73 of 73
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    Originally Posted by Eriamjh View Post


    Who says Apple's touch screen cannot detect unlimited touch points? We only have 10 fingers!



    What about fingerprint identification? Short of having a laser under that screen, an unlimited touch surface might be able to scan lots of information. And, who is to say that multiplayer gaming wont need more than "10 fingers" across 2 or more players?



    That said, however, I think iPad will destroy Kindle. Have you ever used that Kindle? BOOOOORING. \
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