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Dec
03

Amazon Jumps On the iPhone Board

Amazon.com may be still interested in getting the iPhone listed on their store. AT&T and Apple are still not close to doing that. But that hasn’t kept Amazon from jumping on board and creating an iPhone application for folks to shop more effectively on their iPhones.

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Amazon understands that the mobile market is growing rapidly, and in order to stay relevant Amazon will have to move quickly to take leadership position in mobile retail. This is a move to the right direction for Amazon, but one wonders what this move means to the Amazon Kindle. Will Amazon come up with its own “iPhonic” mobile device (with the SDK and all the good stuff) by upgrading the Kindle?

Nov
26

Apple iPod Touch Doesn’t Get in Customer Vote Promotion

Amazon’s customer vote promotion is back again, and there are some amazing deals available for a limited time. Now these deals are given to folks randomly which means you may not get lucky after all. But it’s surprising that Eee and Flip are included in the voting process, and iPod touch isn’t. I guess you still have a lot to be thankful for if you win the PS3 deals, but I would have liked to see iPod touch included in the voting process. It would’ve been a no-brainer.

You decide: Should iPod Touch be offered through Amazon Customer Vote? How about the iPhone itself (knowing that it won’t be on Amazon anytime soon).

Feb
04

Amazon Buys Audible, Opportunity lost for Apple

Amazon.com has managed to secure audible.com to bolster it’s existing digital content. The deal is going to be about $300 million. One would wonder why Apple did not buy audible. After all, audible ebooks were hits on iTunes, and Apple folks have talked about their ability to provide content for their users through iTunes. Audible.com would have definitely fit the bill.

Dec
01

What’s Up With Amazon and iPod Touch?

For the biggest retail store in the world to not have the coolest product around the globe is a shame. But it seems the old or new at&t is not willing to give up iPhone profits that easily. But surprisingly iPod touch is also not getting much love from Amazon. Amazon does have iPod touch 16 GB available which is great if you have Amazon Prime service. You can the Pod in a day and you pay no tax unlike Apple store. But the 8 GB version does not make it to Amazon’s inventory. Now I am no retail expert, but wouldn’t allowing Amazon to sell iPods and iPhones help grow the business for both at&t and Apple? What’s going on here!