the tablet war is heating up

[Relique du Madde]

I'd settle for being a Hulu basic member, but they discriminate against Canadians

As far as I understand it, there are no Hulu or Netflix apps yet for Android. However.....I wonder if you could just use your browser, go to the website, login, and watch the movie?

Banshee

Sadly, my xoom told me "This Video is not available on your platform."


I hope Google end up buying Hulu.

 

[Felon]

"According to the Taiwanese journal, touch panel makers are reluctant to commit themselves to Amazon tablets as Apple’s demand increased in the third quarter of 2011 fiscal year." Thats not Apple screwing Amazon. But touch panel makers being reluctant.

Sounds like hair-splitting to me.

"That's touch panel makers being reluctant" ....Because Apple created a run on the market. As a result of Apple's actions, Amazon's plans could be screwed.

Now, you can suggest that it's all dog-eat-dog, first-come-first-served, or that Amazon getting screwed was an utterly inadvertant result. Neither supposition has bearing on the hair you're trying to split.

 

[Banshee16]

Coy much?

"That's touch panel makers being reluctant" ....Because Apple created a run on the market. As a result of Apple's actions, Amazon's plans could be screwed.

This is my understanding of matters. And there were articles about this going on even before the Xoom was launched.

Seems a business strategy, rather than chance.

What else is going on? Apple's suing pretty much everyone and their grandmother.

To be fair, I *did* come across people posting over at Android Central, mocking RiM, claiming their devices suck, and that QNX doesn't count, because they didn't make the OS...they just bought the company who did.

Seems to be memories are rather short. Wasn't Android developed by a company called Android, which Google bought back in 2005? If so, then Google didn't make their own OS either.

For that matter, did Apple? Isn't their OS just a variant of Linux?

Banshee

 

[Felon]

Sadly, my xoom told me "This Video is not available on your platform."


I hope Google end up buying Hulu.

That would be the best outcome for both consumers and poor, beleaguered Hulu.

I remember seeing article last week that was entitled something like "Windows 8 could get Neftlix before Motorola Xoom".

Sorry to come into the conversation late, but you're trying to watch this on Chrome? Is that the browser on a Xoom?

 

[Banshee16]

That would be the best outcome for both consumers and poor, beleaguered Hulu.

I remember seeing article last week that was entitled something like "Windows 8 could get Neftlix before Motorola Xoom".

Sorry to come into the conversation late, but you're trying to watch this on Chrome? Is that the browser on a Xoom?

That's the default browser, yes. You can also get Dolphin HD, Firefox, and others.

One of the nice things I've learned about Android is that when you put new apps on it, you can change which are you default (like with Windows). I purchased Mercury browser on my iPhone. But I can't make it replace Safari, even though it's a far better browser. So any time I click a link in an e-mail, calendar, or wherever, it automatically opens the page in Safari....then I have to copy the URL, close Safari, then open Mercury, and paste the URL. It's a pain in the butt.

The discussion *was* about whether an Android device could access those sites via the browser, given the browser supports Flash, and there are no Hulu or Netflix apps yet, and the lack of Hulu and Netflix are commonly cited as reasons for not getting an Android tablet as opposed to an Apple tablet.

Seems to me the whole Splashtop or Logmein method might be the best option for now. Supposedly there's finally some progress on getting Netflix, at least onto Android. I think a few days ago the DRM on the chips used for the current Honeycomb tablets was finally approved for Netflix.

Banshee

 

[Fast Learner]

For that matter, did Apple? Isn't their OS just a variant of Linux?

Mac OS X and iOS come from UNIX, long-ago predecessor to Linux.

On the component manufacturing front, Apple absolutely has been throwing their weight around: they're really good at business now.

Before the iPad 1 was announced they used their cash to buy up both flash RAM and display production. Since then they've gone one step further: they actually finance the development of new manufacturing in exchange for exclusive access to the production for a set period of time.

Having $70 billion in cash gives you a lot of influence.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Hulu works fine on my laptop's Chrome... it's just an some android fearing stupidity by hulu and the movie companies.

Seriously.. I watched Baron Munchausen on crackle.com last friday using my Xoom, and Sucker Punch via Google Movies last Tuesday (?). If the movie companies are so afraid of pirating via android then why aren't they cracking down on crackle? Hulu need's to get it's act together and start evaluating based on what the movie companies are doing.

 

[Felon]

This is my understanding of matters. And there were articles about this going on even before the Xoom was launched.

Seems a business strategy, rather than chance.
Banshee

Here's my take on it.

If I reach into the toilet-paper dispenser and find nothing there because Joe used up the last few sqaures a couple of minutes earlier, then I might well think that Joe screwed me on the TP. That assertion is regardless of whether it was a result of malice aforethought or inadvertant self-interest (insomuch as he needed every scrap of remaining TP to conclude his business). Someone else could counter-argue that my interpretation is too harsh in drawing that conclusion, giving Joe the benefit of the doubt, and we could agree to see things differently. After all, they weren't the ones left waddling into the next stall with their pants around their ankles.

Now, if Joe actually reached in the TP dispenser and liberally yanked out the last 10 yards of TP, I've got a lot stronger grounds for suggesting that he screwed me. There's a point where Joe's gotta know that his consumption level is going to impact others. It may be that Joe is selfish rather than malevolent, but self-serving, every-man-for-himself behavior can screw others over just as much as malevolent behavior.

 

[falcarrion]

Touch panel makers being reluctant because Apple created a run on the market. As a result, Amazon is screwed.

Touch panel makers being reluctant because Apple has paid in cash up front and Amazon hasn't.
Touch panel makers being reluctant because Apple is a sure win win for them and Amazon is not.
Touch panel makers being reluctant because Apple is a tastly fruit and Amazon is a river with piranha in it.

This is all speculation. No proof that it will happen. Lets keep to talking about tablets. Not what a company is doing to another.

 

[Banshee16]

Mac OS X and iOS come from UNIX, long-ago predecessor to Linux.

On the component manufacturing front, Apple absolutely has been throwing their weight around: they're really good at business now.

Before the iPad 1 was announced they used their cash to buy up both flash RAM and display production. Since then they've gone one step further: they actually finance the development of new manufacturing in exchange for exclusive access to the production for a set period of time.

Having $70 billion in cash gives you a lot of influence.

That it does. It's dirty pool....but it's still pool.

Oh well....I don't want to get too down on Apple. This thread has remained civil so far.

Banshee