Content is King :)

Been a kindle user for a little while and loving the experience and convenience. Worth it if you are an avid reader. (even with the 100bob dollar)
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Josiah Mugambi



On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
@Lusiola - just saw that, I think this positioning thing is starting
to happen big time, now if they get screwed on Android side, they have
M$ to fall back to, and possible invest 50-50 think its a good move
for them, and the consumer also benefits.

./Ok3ch

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Brian L <lusiola@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Okech,
> Look at this spanner in the works.
> Samsung is now a micro$oft licensee.
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting view from Opera: Amazon's Silk Browser is Flattering, But
>> Five Years Late - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393786,00.asp
>>
>> ./Ok3ch
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Opera Turbo works majorly on the concept of proxy server. As for
>> > Silk, it's
>> > the same basic idea, but done with several improvements and
>> > optimizations
>> > for mobile devices. It's like saying "The iPhone is just a phone." its
>> > several things: cache, predictive cache, content optimization (image
>> > compression, etc.). A good amount of the content is pre-processed in the
>> > cloud rather than the browser.
>> > The only downside I see is that the optimisation is made for a specific
>> > platform: kindle fire.
>> > They even mentioned 'last mile' connection but since the Kindle Fire has
>> > no
>> > 3G. That's a major #FAIL  IMHO.
>> >
>> > ./bernard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> What's revolutionary is the cloud-based browser: Silk.
>> >>> The cool thing about silk is "Each time you load a web page, Silk
>> >>> makes a
>> >>> dynamic decision about which of these subsystems will run locally and
>> >>> which
>> >>> will execute remotely."
>> >>> The downside is that the browser works on Amazon's tablet Kindle
>> >>> fire...:-(
>> >>>
>> >>> ./bernard
>> >>
>> >> Is the browser really that revolutionary??
>> >> Isn't this how Opera Mini generally works?  Also, Opera Turbo on the PC
>> >> version of Opera.
>> >> Good move by Amazon all the same.
>> >>
>> >> Kelvin
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>> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> What's revolutionary is the cloud-based browser: Silk.
>> >>> The cool thing about silk is "Each time you load a web page, Silk
>> >>> makes a
>> >>> dynamic decision about which of these subsystems will run locally and
>> >>> which
>> >>> will execute remotely."
>> >>> The downside is that the browser works on Amazon's tablet Kindle
>> >>> fire...:-(
>> >>>
>> >>> ./bernard
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://youtu.be/_u7F_56WhHk
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ./bernard
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> @Phares, yes insightful and true way of how things are going to be
>> >>>>> IMHO. Tablet front Amazon is going to be a big time player and phone
>> >>>>> front its gonna be Android (motorola+google??), iOS and Windows
>> >>>>> (Nokia+Microsoft). HTC better look for a place to fit in pretty
>> >>>>> soon!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ./Ok3ch
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>> > Am I the only one seeing the death of Samsung et al?
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > Samsung is screwed on the tablet front. Lawsuits from Apple and
>> >>>>> > the
>> >>>>> > pricepoint on the Amazon tab mean their product will have a huge
>> >>>>> > reduction
>> >>>>> > in sales. Lack of a datastore is also an issue. Apple has iCloud.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > On the phone front, it will be a replay of WW1, with Google being
>> >>>>> > the
>> >>>>> > untrustworthy party. Microsoft is going to be tightly integrated
>> >>>>> > with Nokia
>> >>>>> > etc.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > Speculation really... But worth a thought....
>> >>>>> > ------Original Message------
>> >>>>> > From: Josh Handley
>> >>>>> > Sender: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke
>> >>>>> > To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
>> >>>>> > ReplyTo: Skunkworks Mailing List
>> >>>>> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Amazon Kindle Fire
>> >>>>> > Sent: 28 Sep 2011 21:24
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > I think the coolest feature is not the hardware or the price but
>> >>>>> > Silk
>> >>>>> > -
>> >>>>> > the cloud based web browser that uses Amazon EC2 as a giant
>> >>>>> > predictive
>> >>>>> > cache/optimizer.  Here is a short video that explains what it
>> >>>>> > does:
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/introducing-amazon-silk/
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > The idea is that since everyone using the browser goes through the
>> >>>>> > Amazon cloud back end Amazon can gather enough data to predict
>> >>>>> > which
>> >>>>> > page you will likely go to next so they can pre-fetch it before
>> >>>>> > you
>> >>>>> > click on the link.  Not so sure how I feel about that from a
>> >>>>> > privacy
>> >>>>> > perspective but from a business perspective having all that usage
>> >>>>> > data
>> >>>>> > sets them up to compete with likes of Google in some interesting
>> >>>>> > ways...
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > Josh
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>> >>>>> >
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