Amazon plans to stream movies to own-branded tablets, researchers claim

By on Jun 13, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Tablets June 13, 2011

Amazon has plans to offer a streaming movie service tied to its forthcoming own-branded tablets, researchers at Detwiler Fenton claim. According to the research team, Amazon’s streaming movie service will be available to early adopters of Amazon’s tablet for free. The revelation seems obvious, but the Boston-based research firm’s claim could be the first well-sourced confirmation of the service, reports of which were purely speculative until now. It is also believed that Amazon’s tablets will feature deep integration with Amazon’s Cloud Locker streaming music service, and the Amazon Appstore will likely be a point of focus as well. BGR exclusively reported last month that Amazon is working on a pair of tablets — the dual-core “Coyote” and the quad-core “Hollywood” — that will give the company new revenue streams to compliment its dedicated Kindle eReaders.

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  • Anonymous

    I hope that’s not their only streaming plans.  I mean that would be a nice perk if I were going to get one of these unannounced tablets but I doubt it will be a compelling feature.  

    • Anonymous

      You have got to be shitting me. This would be direct competition to Netflix.

  • Anonymous

    I hear when you take an Amazon branded tablet outside the US, it explodes.

  • Anonymous

    Can’t wait for Amazons tablet. Love Amazon. All about the consumer always.

  • Anonymous

    All these assumptions about Amazon. You know, if you were Amazon, why would you choose Android as your platform? I get ARM. I get Quaalcomm. If you are going thru all that trouble to make your own tablet, in effect, going into the PC business, why choose Android? If you are going to make all these content services/deals, why not choose a platform where Google isn’t so protective of.

    Google controls the App Market and Google Apps in order to keep the HTC/Samsungs in marchstep. Why would Google not be afraid of Amazon’s content/retail presence on these devices? The Chinese market could easily fork their devices and use Amazon App Market and Content. The Chinese’ve threatened as much. Not to mention that Honeycomb comb isn’t opensourced yet and time is of the essence to Combat Apple’s growing lead. Google might’ve even delayed opening up H-OS because of Amazon.

    In fact, it would make much more sense if Amazon licensed either WeBOS or BlackBerry. Both vendors would gladly give control of their soul to Amazon to get a foothold in the new iPad era. It’s way too late for Windows Phone 7 though. Whoever amazon picks will be the third player. Woe to the also rans.

  • Cer

    “BGR exclusively reported last month that Amazon is working on a pair of tablets . . . .”

    BGR was the only one who reported on that rumor? Um, no. Try again, Mr. Epstein.

    • Anonymous

      “Exclusively” meaning “First”… dummy

      • Cer

        haha. I know what BGR meant to say, and apparently you do. But they didn’t
        say it. When you exclusively report something, you are the only one to
        report it, when you report something as an exclusive, it means you report it
        first.

        It’s called precision in writing. I’m sure you’ve seen the chain letter or
        Facebook thing where if you have the first and last letter of each word
        correct but the rest of the letters are jumbled you can read an entire
        paragraph. That’s nice, but that doesn’t mean people should be writing like
        that. Again, precision. These guys are professionally paid writers. They
        should know how to and be able to get it right.

  • Johnh321

    Amazon is being very smart here. They aren’t coming out with something that will directly kick Apple’s butt. They are creating a tablet that will drive new and current customers to their core business which is e-commerce (books, music, movies, apps and everything else). The other comment was spot on. Netflix is in deep trouble. Amazon also has a huge cash war chest they can tap into to purchase content. Netflix will be facing steep price increases when their agreements expire this year.

    • http://hubpages.com/hub/Kindle-3 JennaMay

      I think the key is that Amazon will get customers who aren’t really sure why they want or need a tablet.  Those that don’t go along with new Apple products just because they’re damned sexy might just be convinced a little more easily by a company they already use, trust and have given all their credit card information too!

  • http://policydiary.com/ John S. Wilson

    I think this could be huge. Amazon has tremendous leadership, a good cash position, knows retail, and has leverage. They also have a built in customer base. Google should be concerned. I wonder what the chances of them entering the phone market is. 

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1422573270 Michael Interbartolo III

      why would Google be concerned they only manage the OS not build tablets? the other tablet makers like Moto with their way over priced Xoom and others might need to watch out if these price points are correct.

      • http://policydiary.com/ John S. Wilson

        That’s true, but I don’t think Google would like to be overshadowed by Amazon. Especially when you consider Amazon already has an ecosystem that could benefit mightily from this move. I’m thinking if tablets are successful, then why not phones? 

        Google’s approach to mobile thus far has been mostly software but the Nexus S and the Chromebooks show an interest in hardware, too.

      • http://policydiary.com/ John S. Wilson

        That’s true, but I don’t think Google would like to be overshadowed by Amazon. Especially when you consider Amazon already has an ecosystem that could benefit mightily from this move. I’m thinking if tablets are successful, then why not phones? 

        Google’s approach to mobile thus far has been mostly software but the Nexus S and the Chromebooks show an interest in hardware, too.

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