Next Amazon Tablet May Be Called Kindle Ice
Recent domain name acquisitions indicate that Amazon may name its next tablet as Kindle Ice.
As the Amazon Kindle Fire gets ready for a retail release by the end of the month, rumors are already spreading about the Kindle Fire's successor: a tablet Amazon is reportedly considering as its flagship device.
Very little is known about the unannounced tablet at this point, but rumors suggest it will be better equipped to take on Apple's iPad 2 featuring a 8.9-inch screen and Google's Android OS. It will also likely be called Kindle Ice based on the company's recent acquisition of amazonkindleice.com, kindleice.com and similar domain names.
Fusible reports that numerous domain names were scooped up by Amazon before it announced the Kindle Fire tablet. But once the device became publicly known, Jeffrey Casserino of Syracuse, New York began registering domain names linked to Kindle including those using the word "ice."
But based on the WHOIS information for kindleice.com, Amazon gained control of Casserino's domains on Friday, November 4. There's also no indication of how the company retrieved the domains: was it by legal threat or did the online retailer fork out cash to Casserino?
Yet whether Amazon will call its next tablet Kindle Ice or some other Kindle derivative, the gadget is rumored to arrive in early 2012. Let's just hope Amazon doesn't use "Ice Ice Baby" to promote the tablet if it does indeed settle on "Kindle Ice."
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why so much hate on Vanilla Ice?
I thought his songs were fun and has good beats.
oh the nostalgia!!
and what's the NEXT NEXT model will be called?
Kindle Steam?
p.s. no edit in Tom's Guide....WTF?
I refuse to comment on this.
no edit in Tom's Guide....WTF?
Since ever. They're allegedly "working on it".
I really don't understand about Amazon products. They're always more closed, less feature-rich, etc. than they competitors. Take Kindle, for example... Can someone explain what's so good about them? I'm just trying to understand; maybe I'm missing something?
I really don't understand about Amazon products. They're always more closed, less feature-rich, etc. than they competitors. Take Kindle, for example... Can someone explain what's so good about them? I'm just trying to understand; maybe I'm missing something?
it's tied to Amazon's service such as shopping, music, cloud storage, books, and video...
especially video since I don't know any other android devices can stream Amazon's new streaming videos...
also Amazon offers book lending service for Amazon Prime members...
Since ever. They're allegedly "working on it".I really don't understand about Amazon products. They're always more closed, less feature-rich, etc. than they competitors. Take Kindle, for example... Can someone explain what's so good about them? I'm just trying to understand; maybe I'm missing something?
$200 for a fully functional 7" tablet.
p.s. no edit in Tom's Guide....WTF?
There's a link at the beginning of the comments that says "read on the forums" or something like that. If you edit your post in the forums, that change is reflected in the comments.
and not all of Tom's places even have a comments section...
it's tied to Amazon's service such as shopping, music, cloud storage, books, and video...especially video since I don't know any other android devices can stream Amazon's new streaming videos...also Amazon offers book lending service for Amazon Prime members...
Wow. What BS. So basically the whole appeal of Amazon products is being tied to their shopping services? ROFLMAO
There's a link at the beginning of the comments that says "read on the forums" or something like that. If you edit your post in the forums, that change is reflected in the comments.
No, that is not possible on Tom's Guide articles. You can read the comments on the forum, but no editing. Only articles from Tom's Hardware have that.
and not all of Tom's places even have a comments section...
That's Tom's Style or whatever it's called... articles there aren't even worth reading.
And after the Ice, what next?
And after the Ice, what next?
That:
and what's the NEXT NEXT model will be called?Kindle Steam?p.s. no edit in Tom's Guide....WTF?
I've already bagged the domain names Kindle Jello, Kindle Jelly, and Kindle Knickerbockerglory.
I've already bagged the domain names Kindle Jello, Kindle Jelly, and Kindle Knickerbockerglory.
Oh look, we have a cybersquatter in our midst.
lol, i think i'll buy the ice and the fire and then read "a song of ice and fire" switching between the two tablets. or maybe not.
Since ever. They're allegedly "working on it".I really don't understand about Amazon products. They're always more closed, less feature-rich, etc. than they competitors. Take Kindle, for example... Can someone explain what's so good about them? I'm just trying to understand; maybe I'm missing something?
Well, as far as the basic Kindle goes, the e-ink they use is incredible. It honestly is like reading a book as far as quality goes. And because it only needs power when the screen is refreshed, you go literally weeks on a single charge.
Yes, it may not do everything a typical tablet can, but there is one thing I personally have discovered in my own experiences. Things that do a lot of things rarely do one thing very well. The point of the Kindle was to make e-books commonplace. I was relunctant to buy one at first and didn't get one till their ad supported ones came out, but I can't imagine not having it now.
So before you turn your nose up at something because it doesn't do a lot, take a look at something and see if what it does do, it does it well.
Well, as far as the basic Kindle goes, the e-ink they use is incredible. It honestly is like reading a book as far as quality goes. And because it only needs power when the screen is refreshed, you go literally weeks on a single charge.Yes, it may not do everything a typical tablet can, but there is one thing I personally have discovered in my own experiences. Things that do a lot of things rarely do one thing very well. The point of the Kindle was to make e-books commonplace. I was relunctant to buy one at first and didn't get one till their ad supported ones came out, but I can't imagine not having it now.So before you turn your nose up at something because it doesn't do a lot, take a look at something and see if what it does do, it does it well.
Typical ignorance. Kindle was neither the first nor the best nor the most open e-book reader. And the point of ebook reader was to make ebooks FREE or very low priced, at least; Amazon sells them @ full price. I can get a nice hard cover edition for that price.
Well, as far as the basic Kindle goes, the e-ink they use is incredible. It honestly is like reading a book as far as quality goes. And because it only needs power when the screen is refreshed, you go literally weeks on a single charge.Yes, it may not do everything a typical tablet can, but there is one thing I personally have discovered in my own experiences. Things that do a lot of things rarely do one thing very well. The point of the Kindle was to make e-books commonplace. I was relunctant to buy one at first and didn't get one till their ad supported ones came out, but I can't imagine not having it now.So before you turn your nose up at something because it doesn't do a lot, take a look at something and see if what it does do, it does it well.
Here is what I'm using. Can do everything Kindle can and doesn't restrict me in the slightest; and it is cheaper, too.
From Kindle...Ice is born.
Yeah, doesn't work as well.
Ice ice baby!
lol, i think i'll buy the ice and the fire and then read "a song of ice and fire" switching between the two tablets. or maybe not.
So North chapters on Ice and Southern chapters on Fire? What about Dany's parts in Essos and Arya's in Bravvos though?
This is junk...
I really don't understand about Amazon products. They're always more closed, less feature-rich, etc. than they competitors. Take Kindle, for example... Can someone explain what's so good about them? I'm just trying to understand; maybe I'm missing something?
Being "closed" is not always a bad thing. Lots of people prefer being inside a walled garden where everything is curated for you. Life is important, so not everyone has the time to try out every freaking app in the Android Marketplace, read through technical and hacky rooting guidelines, etc. I used to be in the "gotta root my device" camp, but now that I have a family I prefer the walled garden approach.