What Hides Behind Amazon Fire's Pricetag

What Hides Behind Amazon Fire's Pricetag

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Today I came across some news regarding the launch of two new cheap Kindle eReader versions and an Android tablet (YES!) by Amazon. My interest took a crest when I delved deeper into the tablet- Fire. It was really cheap! $199. That's it. I said- Well, that's a great deal. Moved on with reading the whole specs.

Now I realized something, very interesting. The new Fire tablet HAD to be cheap. Reason- The tablet featured only an 8GB worth of and internal memory and no additional SD card slots for and memory expansion. Further despite being an Android tablet one would not have the facility to access the Android Market.

Why so? Well, let's see the big picture. Amazon has, first, it's own store. Why let Google feast the cookie then. Secondly, Amazon is moving ahead with the next gen cloud services. So in case you run short of the meager 8GB memory on your Fire tomorrow, Amazon's waiting to offer you it's cloud service.

Hence, what I sense here is that hidden behind the catchy price tag were the bars that caged you into solitary confinement. Sorry Amazon, a $100 more and I'd live the rest of my life, a freeman, at least.

Are we looking at the third dimension of the tablet era that leads to the combination of the open source policies of Android for developmental openness and those of Apple for usage terms? What do you have to say about it? Do share your views in your comments.

APPLE'S LATEST iPOD SERIES IS THE NEW TECH TALK

APPLE'S LATEST iPOD SERIES IS THE NEW TECH TALK

Hello friends. Well, this post is for sure going to turn you guys in a frenzy. Oh yes! Apple has launched it's complete new range of iPods from Shuffle to Touch. The first time I saw these all I was able to say was- "WOW! THIS IS HEAVEN".

And guess what! iPod Touch now has FaceTime. So get going with your iPhone 4 mates and start your video confs on-the-go. And I suppose by now those sleek looks might have already engaged you into thinking of those erotic moments of you, with your hand touching the sensuous capacitive multitouch display. What more? You now have full HD video recording, so that, you capture the best moments of your life with not a pixel distorted.

iPod Nano, the second on the list, now comes with a full multitouch display that too in half the size. :D Things are turning so beautiful, so elegant day-by-day, thanks to Mr. Jobs and his team for their creativity and awesomeness.