BadCommand

September 24, 2011 at 7:41pm

@Zoander- while I agree with you completely about Amazon's QOS- that has to be one of the most off topic posts I've seen in awhile! And no, you didn't break anything, Amazon was/has been rolling out a new look, but have since experienced a glitch ot 2 and have switched back.

 At any rate, I would agree that a tablet announcement is exactly what is coming forth. They need this tablet to work well for them at the $250 price point- it is simply amazing how they are attacking Apple on several different levels in the last few months alone. For good reason as well, with states starting to push for sales tax- that could mean trouble for their bread and butter online business.

A solid 7" at $249 and a 10" at $399 (subsidized by app sales I presume) would be an extremely attractive deal.

Also, to the folks at MaxPC- I don't know if you guy's realize it or not, but the comments field does not work properly under IE9 without going into compatability mode- which is a total pain in the ass. 

Zoandar

September 24, 2011 at 9:23am

A little online research yielded this - Amazon.com was named after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world. The secondary definition of the word "river" in an online dictionary said " a large quantity of a flowing substance".

I find the name rather fitting, considering there is very little one cannot find on the store's website. I agree their site could be improved in several ways. And I saw something odd the other day which may indicate they are working on a new site. I was shopping from a Windows XP computer and their site looked entirely different from what I am used to seeing. Indeed much 'cleaner' and streamlined. But when I later returned to their site on a Windows 7 PC to make the purchase, the original site was back. Since that time I have shopped there on that same WinXP PC and see only the original site. Had I accidentally stumbled onto a prototype site that wasn't supposed to be accessible yet? Time will tell I guess.

I for one find their service impeccable, so long as I stay with the 'fulfilled by Amazon' items. It is when dealing with other vendors who use their store front, but who ship the items themselves, that I have sometimes seen problems. So I prefer to avoid that if at all possible. They do have a point system similar to eBay for checking out the reliability of their associate vendors.

Amazon has become my first place to shop online, and rarely do they not have what I am looking for. Not always the best price, but I would say more often than not, at least from my experience with them.

DasHellMutt

September 23, 2011 at 3:14pm

Maybe its to announce they have finally come to their senses and decided to name the company something that has to do with the business they're in rather than a random proper noun.

 

Perhaps it is to announce they will be come a legitimate business and stop selling used items alongside new.

 

Another possibility is that they are launching a decent website rather than the cluttered, ugly, 1999 looking thing they currently have.

 

I seem to be the only person on earth who doesn't like Amazon. No I'm not a disgruntled former employee or anything like that. I just truly don't get what it is that people see in this strange company. Their prices are noting special. Neither is their selection, really. They have a terrible site. They sell used stuff. They have a name that makes no sense. And now, to top it all off, they're making a tablet specifically designed to sell you more of their stuff. And for some reason, people are all jazzed  up about it! I just don't get it.