Showing posts with label Amazon Kindle In-apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon Kindle In-apps. Show all posts

Friday, 14 October 2011

Amazon All Set To Ship Five Million Kindle Fire Tablets in Q4

Amazon Kindle Fire succeeded where other Tablets had failed.With an impressive opening which included over 250,000 pre-order sales in a matter of 5 days,it was just a mere 30,000 behind Apple's iPad.Considering the brand value this was a remarkable feat achieved by Amazon.Now a Supply Chain Analyst,Ashok Kumar had predicted that Amazon's Kindle Fire would probably gross 5 Million by the end of Q4,which would be quite a remarkable feat.
Amazon's aggressive strategy along with the incorporation of its own Digital library rather than using Google's Android platform was a smart & calculated move by Amazon.The figure was arrived at keeping in mind the Holiday season & with the pre-orders itself almost touching half a Million mark.With Kindle Fire being considered as probably the only Tablet Capable enough to take on the Apple iPad,it would be interesting to see what happens if it goes head to head.Although having said that any crippling software or performance issues might come down real hard on Amazon.
                                                           Kindle Fire comes with Android 2.3 GingerBread OS along with Amazon digital & retail stores & doesn't have access to Google's Android market.Although it might not feature the plethora of App's which are available in Android market,it atleast has a few classy apps for its users & hopefully they will feel contented by it.Available at $199,the Kindle Fire tablets are expected to be shipped out on November 19th.

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Amazon Kindle Fire To Implement In-app Purchase:Currently Beta

One advantage the Android users have is the ability to make In-app purchases via Paypal,Glu Mobile or Android Market.Now Amazon is planning to implement the same feature in their Kindle Fire pretty soon.With the Beta program being in the development phase,Amazon is planning to package this App along with the Tablet when it hits the shelves next month.
                                                          Equipped with a modified version of Google's Android GingerBread,most of the propriety features of Google has been removed including the likes of Android Market.Now Amazon is planning to make the In-Apps access the Amazon store.This comes as bad news for Fire developers as they will not have access to Google's exclusive services when it comes to Kindle.The only alternate for Amazon will be to link up with its own database/repository to allow games /market places to sell apps or upgrades.
                                                   The pre-registration forms are available with Amazon & this feature will be for a one time payment.Its clear that Amazon will be focusing on Subscription apps.With the product going live on November 15th & already more than 250,000 tablets pre-ordered,Amazon is doing better than what we all had anticipated.