So basically, aside from helping spur on the price war, I do think there is still room in the market for the other more capable tablets and it’s mostly hype that’s making the KF look like more of a market leader than it really is.

As for paranoid, it’s just them trying to make as much profit as they can and minimize costs.  Open systems are harder to prevent pirating, makes it harder to set each device apart if you can just change them, and increases risks of customers damaging their products and increasing the costs to customer and technical services and that all cuts into their profits.

Things like the memory card readers make it easier to root these devices as well and that brings up risk of bricking them.

We don’t have to like it but there are reasons why they do it the way they are.

So basically, aside from helping spur on the price war, I do think there is still room in the market for the other more capable tablets and it’s mostly hype that’s making the KF look like more of a market leader than it really is.

As for paranoid, it’s just them trying to make as much profit as they can and minimize costs.  Open systems are harder to prevent pirating, makes it harder to set each device apart if you can just change them, and increases risks of customers damaging their products and increasing the costs to customer and technical services and that all cuts into their profits.

Things like the memory card readers make it easier to root these devices as well and that brings up risk of bricking them.

We don’t have to like it but there are reasons why they do it the way they are.

So basically, aside from helping spur on the price war, I do think there is still room in the market for the other more capable tablets and it’s mostly hype that’s making the KF look like more of a market leader than it really is.

As for paranoid, it’s just them trying to make as much profit as they can and minimize costs.  Open systems are harder to prevent pirating, makes it harder to set each device apart if you can just change them, and increases risks of customers damaging their products and increasing the costs to customer and technical services and that all cuts into their profits.

Things like the memory card readers make it easier to root these devices as well and that brings up risk of bricking them.

We don’t have to like it but there are reasons why they do it the way they are.

So basically, aside from helping spur on the price war, I do think there is still room in the market for the other more capable tablets and it’s mostly hype that’s making the KF look like more of a market leader than it really is.

As for paranoid, it’s just them trying to make as much profit as they can and minimize costs.  Open systems are harder to prevent pirating, makes it harder to set each device apart if you can just change them, and increases risks of customers damaging their products and increasing the costs to customer and technical services and that all cuts into their profits.

Things like the memory card readers make it easier to root these devices as well and that brings up risk of bricking them.

We don’t have to like it but there are reasons why they do it the way they are.

Basically like Apple does with their products, most everything is set up for the user for a set user scenario and they provide the app ecosystem.

If most or none of that appeals to you then go with something like the Archos 9th gen tablet then.

Basically like Apple does with their products, most everything is set up for the user for a set user scenario and they provide the app ecosystem.

If most or none of that appeals to you then go with something like the Archos 9th gen tablet then.

Basically like Apple does with their products, most everything is set up for the user for a set user scenario and they provide the app ecosystem.

If most or none of that appeals to you then go with something like the Archos 9th gen tablet then.

Basically like Apple does with their products, most everything is set up for the user for a set user scenario and they provide the app ecosystem.

If most or none of that appeals to you then go with something like the Archos 9th gen tablet then.

Basically like Apple does with their products, most everything is set up for the user for a set user scenario and they provide the app ecosystem.

If most or none of that appeals to you then go with something like the Archos 9th gen tablet then.

Again if the perception of promised performance and price are the only items ppl look for these days then they deserve to be fooled with “cheap cwappy chinese pwoducts”. This device is just that. Yet another cheap plastic crappy device made in china apart from the Amazon name it adds nothing significant to the already troubled Android-eco-system. Also locked down bootloaders further disintegrates the belief that Android truely is open. 

Why are all these retailers/manufacturers/telcos so paranoid?

There are work arounds for portable storage though, like a WiFi Hard Drive for example.  Lack of Bluetooth may effect accessory support but they are developing WiFi equivalent keyboard and mouses that could be used instead.

Performance and price point is likely to convince many regardless of cons…

Edit Update: Looks like Amazon won’t care if you root your Kindle Fire. According to an Amazon official remark to PC Mag. Though it remains how that will effect your access to their services.

You guys are totally miscalling this.

All Apple needs to do to kill this is to announce a $250 iPod Touch that is a 7 inch tablet and it pretty much shoots this down.

No sd card slot.. no android market.. (my guessing next) no third party browser support, flash only supported in a skyfire style, locked down bootloader… Etc…