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	danramos	2011-03-26 , 00:02
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt

@Dan because I can,

I wouldn't underestimate Amazon. They have a long track record of dominating in this type of online selling. Freebies may be a strategy in the beginning to bludgeon their way into the public's mind, but I suspect that they will soon start to have exclusives, and other compelling reasons to check out the store.

Interestingly, it is rumored that Amazon is building an Android tablet. If they can strike the same chord that the Kindle did, they will have a hit on their hands. I fully expect that the Amazon tablet will have the Amazon Store, complete with the kindle book software, and access to Amazon Music/VoD with a *single* method of payment. In the end it will have fantastic positioning and a very integrated consumption oriented experience.

The killer bit? They will advertise it right on the front of Amazon.com just as they do with the kindle, which could turn it into a runaway holiday smasher. Who knows, they may subsidize some of the price based on speculation about their media sell-through, and undercut the competition.

I just had this conversation with my brother, where the SMART idea is for SOMEBODY to build an Android tablet so different but useful that it makes everyone go, "WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT?" I told him that I would LOVE for somebody (ideally Amazon, given their other products) to design an ANDROID tablet (a proper one) with a RESISTIVE touchscreen digitizer (so you can use either a stylus or finger) that uses a high resolution eInk display. It would be the most AWESOME thing for the Kindle app to run on.. and take ONSCREEN, hand-drawn notes and underlines, marks, etc. It would be able to do INCREDIBLY double-duty as a Google calendar with the ability to do hand-drawn marks, a GREAT way for artists to draw wacom-style on an eINK display with pressure-sensitivity and all (especially if the stylus can report whether the tip is being pressed or whether the blunt end is bring pressed (i.e. pen/pencil/spray vs immediate eraser). Since it's an Android tablet, it COULD run/do anything a tablet could do (although playing video would be awkwardy slow--but they HAVE managed to get around upwards of at least 15fps with eInk lately). The eInk guys have even recently begun making COLOR eInk screens (although the few devices made seem to make it look like it's a bit washed out--but it's still early).

Imagine the INCREDIBLE battery life on such a tablet!

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