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Is ‘showrooming’ behind Target’s Kindle move?
Now that Target has confirmed it will no longer carry any e-readers or tablets from Amazon’s Kindle product line, the next question is: Why?
While some readers have suggested this may have been influenced by Apple — whose devices will be featured in Target through mini-shops at 25 of its stores — there may be another larger issue prompting this: “showrooming.”
What is showrooming? Basically, it’s when consumers check out products at a retailer like Target, then go home or check their smartphones for a better price online.
The Associated Press hints at this, but The New York Times reports it’s a big reason why consumers won’t see the Kindle Fire or other Amazon products on Target shelves. Earlier this year, Target reportedly told vendors in a letter it wouldn’t let online retailers turn their stores into showrooms and “undercut our prices.”
Retailers seem
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Target will stop selling Amazon’s Kindle e-readers
EMMANUEL DUNAND, AFP/Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introducing the Kindle Fire.
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How Microsoft’s cash will bolster Nook e-readers
(CNN) — News that Microsoft has sunk $300 million into a venture with Barnes Noble sends a clear signal that the computing giant and the bookseller aim to shake up the e-book market with new ammo in their fight against Amazon and Apple.
But whatever impact the move has on sales of BN’s Nook e-readers now, it’s the future of the partnership that has truly disruptive potential.
The Nook’s considerable catalog of books and other content could become more formidable when married with products like Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 operating system — which is designed to run on tablet computers — and even its leading game console, the Xbox.
“Microsoft has not successfully gotten outside of PCs in any way other
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Study: Kindle Fire dominates Android tablets
More than half of the tablets owned in the U.S. that run Google’s Android operating system are Amazon’s Kindle Fire, says research from comScore.
As of last February, 54.4% of Android tablets owners have a Kindle Fire, followed by Samsung’s Galaxy Tab line with 15.4% and the Motorola Xoom with 7%.
It’s a sharp jump from December of last year, one month after the Fire launched in the U.S. Four months ago, 29.4% owned a Fire, followed by nearly 24% who have a Galaxy Tab.
On Thursday, Amazon revealed during their first-quarter earnings call the Fire remained their best-selling item, but did not disclose figures.
The study also found that when it comes to consuming content on tablets, size matters. According to comScore, tablets with larger screens boasted a higher level of content consumption than their smaller counterparts.
Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested
There’s a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What’s unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died.
Apple and its suppliers aren’t commenting. Rumors of a smaller iPad, or “iPad mini” have percolated ever since the first iPad was launched two years ago. This time around, they’re fed by media reports from South Korea, China and Taiwan, saying Apple has ordered Samsung screens that are 7.86 inches measured on the diagonal. That would make for a screen about half the size of the current iPad, which has a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches.
Why it’s a good idea
A smaller tablet would help Apple further its lead
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