Let me see if I understand you correctly ! You are slamming Apple because they will not support a product from the competition, that is they(Sony) sell their products directly through Apple devices. Well, you can buy and read Books from the iBook Store on the Sony or Kindle either. They must not be playing the game. The Kindle App is still online! But, the Kindle App does not allow you to buy books, directly! You have to buy them from the Kindle or online!! On the other side Apple is in the business of selling books. Why should they support others without getting a piece of the cake. I guess Apple is, also, dumb because they do not sell the SONY and Kindle at the Apple Stores. On another side, aren't the Kindle and SONY not PORTABLE devices. Is that not why you bought them in the first place. Take your Kindle along with you. I take my MacBookPro 17" always along with me when I am "ON THE ROAD" Probably, Apples iPhone is somehow better than the Kindle and Sony, nooo! If you do not like Apple and they do not offer what you want do NOT buy Apple. I will not touch a Kindle, Sony, or Android device. In case you are wondering I have a Nokia, no iPad, no iPhone. regards Keith. Am 01.02.2011 um 15:00 schrieb Marcello Perathoner:
"[Apple] has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store."
-- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/technology/01apple.html
Now, if you want to read a book on your Kindle at home, and on your iPhone on the road, you'll have to buy it twice.
In related news, Android is now selling twice as fast as iOS:
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.html
I guess some companies just deserve to lose. They lost against M$ when they had a superior product. How big are they going to lose now, that they have an inferior product and still refuse to play?
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