Worst case, you can always side load an app.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how...
I had hoped the fire phones would work like those advertisement subsidized cars.
That is, the phone would have all kinds of ways for Amazon to learn things about me and with it market stuff to me.
And in return, it would be the cheapest phone service, say 20 bucks a month for some reasonable usage cap.
But no.... the damn thing came out with a $200 price tag and the same rip off service from at&t (go t-mobile!)
I could care less about the 3d crap. I stopped paying attention from that point.
So, now with this news, it's competing with last gen phone pricing. same service. So now, do i go for a last gen iphone or an s3 or this fire phone. it's compelling but then i have to ask my self, do i want to suffer through amazon's app store, and the customized features that will probably have sub par experience (compared to a nexus) for a nominal hardware upside?
If I was bezos, I would have dumped all that money on creating more and better amazon apps. hell, if you want to do something ground breaking, go work on creating an e-ink display that performs like an LED display.
I don't think it's as bad as a zune. Regardless of the wacky bells and whistles, it's still an android device. You can install and run android apps like any other android phone.
All this discussion made me think, what is the ultimate UI?
An obvious answer is another human or humaniod.
We will use all of our natural channels of communications, with negligible learning curve.
Obviously such a system requires great break throughs in AI.
Initially, I was impressed. But then I realized, how's my little-iddy-biddy laptop gonna get the power to transmitt WIFI signals to the airship that's potentially half way across Texas?
I have hard enough time using my laptop in the back yard without losing signal, let alone half way across the state of Texas.
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I agree, it's annoying but it isn't impossible. You can side load google's apps: http://www.reddit.com/r/Androi...
Worst case, you can always side load an app. http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how... I had hoped the fire phones would work like those advertisement subsidized cars. That is, the phone would have all kinds of ways for Amazon to learn things about me and with it market stuff to me. And in return, it would be the cheapest phone service, say 20 bucks a month for some reasonable usage cap. But no.... the damn thing came out with a $200 price tag and the same rip off service from at&t (go t-mobile!) I could care less about the 3d crap. I stopped paying attention from that point. So, now with this news, it's competing with last gen phone pricing. same service. So now, do i go for a last gen iphone or an s3 or this fire phone. it's compelling but then i have to ask my self, do i want to suffer through amazon's app store, and the customized features that will probably have sub par experience (compared to a nexus) for a nominal hardware upside? If I was bezos, I would have dumped all that money on creating more and better amazon apps. hell, if you want to do something ground breaking, go work on creating an e-ink display that performs like an LED display.
I don't think it's as bad as a zune. Regardless of the wacky bells and whistles, it's still an android device. You can install and run android apps like any other android phone.
All this discussion made me think, what is the ultimate UI? An obvious answer is another human or humaniod. We will use all of our natural channels of communications, with negligible learning curve. Obviously such a system requires great break throughs in AI.
Initially, I was impressed. But then I realized, how's my little-iddy-biddy laptop gonna get the power to transmitt WIFI signals to the airship that's potentially half way across Texas? I have hard enough time using my laptop in the back yard without losing signal, let alone half way across the state of Texas.