Google to take on Apple in e-book sales this summer

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  • Reply 21 of 30
    joelsaltjoelsalt Posts: 827member
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    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    it would certainly seem like google is the xerox machine of the 21st century!



    snap!
  • Reply 22 of 30
    paulmjohnsonpaulmjohnson Posts: 1,380member
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    Originally Posted by crawdad62 View Post


    Don't get me wrong Apple is as much to blame in the arena as the next guy but man can't these companies just sometimes think that maybe they'll just stay out of something? It's crazy. Microsoft used to be (and still is) notorious for this type of thing and honestly they should just stick with their bread and butter..... software. But Microsoft is far from alone in sticking their nose in EVERY possible thing whether or not it's benefical or not.



    That's very nicely put. A lot of companies convince themselves that they "have something to add", but normally what they add is a piss-poor rip-off device.
  • Reply 23 of 30
    walshbjwalshbj Posts: 864member
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    Originally Posted by sheff View Post


    Two thoughts:

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    2. Google's interface is not the best. It's good, but iBooks and Kindle are so much better. I would like to see a desktop app that can go full screen and a better implementation of in book search.



    Will definitely watch for price and DRM.



    The NYT did a piece about the woman charged with interface control at Google a while back. I think their interfaces are pretty horrible, but once you learn them the functionality is sometimes worthwhile.



    Maybe everyone is scared of her. She looks kinda scary...
  • Reply 24 of 30
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member
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    Originally Posted by jfanning View Post


    Apple doesn't manufacure laptops or workstations, they contract that work out



    Hey Einstein, guess what .... Apple does the design work and it's the design that matters most. Architects design houses ... but they don't hammer in the nails ... they contract that work out to carpenters. Your point is??? \
  • Reply 25 of 30
    rbryanhrbryanh Posts: 263member
    Enough of these tedious technical details.



    Will they offer porn?
  • Reply 26 of 30
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    Originally Posted by extremeskater View Post


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    Originally Posted by zindako View Post


    LOL @Google, man this company really is trying to get their grubby hands into everything Apple is doing. I'm waiting on them to start manufacturing workstations and laptops too.



    Funny some could say the same about Apple copying Amazon when it comes to ebooks.



    The poster you are referring to was saying about the Apple business in its widest term from software to computer to mobile devices, which Google is also now pursuing (rackmount server, remember that?, Chrome OS/browser, Android OS, Nexus phone) and you commented back on the basis of one (1) feature/technology, ebook. Amazon does not sell Kindle for the sake of the selling hardware, they sell them so they could sell the contents that are already on sale on Amazon... Now, that's not the same isn't it, eh!
  • Reply 27 of 30
    g3prog3pro Posts: 669member
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    Originally Posted by zindako View Post


    LOL @Google, man this company really is trying to get their grubby hands into everything Apple is doing. I'm waiting on them to start manufacturing workstations and laptops too.



    I find it highly ironic you say that, since Apple only recently decided to get into the e-book market to get their grubby hands on what was Amazon's and Barnes and Noble's and Sony's business.



    Of course, hypocrisy is a mainstay of Apple fanboys these days.
  • Reply 28 of 30
    tofinotofino Posts: 697member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by extremeskater View Post


    Funny some could say the same about Apple copying Amazon when it comes to ebooks.



    of course there were already books on the newton....
  • Reply 29 of 30
    animaniacanimaniac Posts: 122member
    Are we really saying that one company invented the idea of book selling? Really?
  • Reply 30 of 30
    ilogicilogic Posts: 298member
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    Originally Posted by g3pro View Post


    I find it highly ironic you say that, since Apple only recently decided to get into the e-book market to get their grubby hands on what was Amazon's and Barnes and Noble's and Sony's business.



    Of course, hypocrisy is a mainstay of Apple fanboys these days.



    Good retort, but here's another one: the Nexus one sucks.
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