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Amazon To Launch The “Netflix” Of Books

By gbrzone, 14 September, 2011, No Comment

Amazon is expected to consider the possibility of launching a Netflix-esque subscription service for books.
Amazon is currently in discussions to provide a library service digital subscription to Kindle

Several publishing executives said they are not excited because they believe it could depress the value of books and why would stress the relationship between dealers, who sell their books.

The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is spinning in the editors, but Wall Street Journal says an uphill battle against them:
How Video Instant Amazon, the service should be tied to the $ 79 subscription per year in Amazon Prime.

To appease publishers, content is said to consist of mostly older titles, and publishers would be offered “a substantial share” in exchange for their participation. There would also be limits on the number of bonus shares from a customer can view in a single month.

Needless to say, which would offer such a future Amazon Kindle Android tablets seems to deal even sweeter because it has been reported to be bundled with Amazon Prime Service – all but $ 250.

Of course, publishers will really be the sticking point in all this. After all, their “concern for the value of books” is why we continue to pay $ 10 or more for digital books, despite the fact that there is little or no cost associated with printing and distribution . These books are $ 2 or $ 3 and all would proabably be more based on volume.

In any case, the subscription-based model for books on the Kindle would be great, but I can not help thinking that the publishers are to prevent progress until the end.

Verizon Wireless exclusively launching Samsung DROID Prime in October

By gbrzone, 29 August, 2011, No Comment

BGR has exclusively learned from a close source of ours that Verizon Wireless has passed on offering the Samsung GALAXY S II in favor of something even better. We reported last week that Verizon isn’t going to sell the GALAXY S II, and we have now been told why. Apparently, “Verizon doesn’t think the Samsung GALAXY S II will be competitive with the iPhone 5 when it launches.” Instead, not only is Verizon launching the Samsung DROID Prime, a device that is sure to be the new flagship Android phone ahead of the holidays, but the company will have the handset as an exclusive. The DROID Prime is expected to be the first smartphone to launch with Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich,” and we have been told the model number is SCH-i515. According to our source, the phone should launch sometime in October. Verizon Wireless did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

RIM launching BBM Music service: 50 songs for $5

By gbrzone, 28 August, 2011, No Comment

RIM is planning on starting a music service through BBM that offers 50 songs for a $5 per month subscription

RIM is attempting a return to hipness by offering a subscription music service through BlackBerry Messenger that offers 50 sharable songs for $5 per month.

Sounds like a decent deal until you find out that the songs are only playable on BlackBerry devices and cannot be exported. Naturally, sharing is limited to other BBM music subscribers, All Things D reports.

Once again, RIMs decision-making is baffling when you consider that there are subscriptions services available on the BlackBerry like Rdio and Rhapsody that offer unlimited music across several different devices for $10 per month.

There’s also Spotify, which is undoubtedly the best music subscription service of the bunch, but is currently not available on BlackBerry devices.

Nonetheless, it makes sense for RIM to push BBM given the fact that it is the one bright spot in an otherwise bleak last few years for the company as a whole.

As CNET points out, “To better improve the performance of its BBM service, RIM opened it up to developers last month, allowing deeper integration with separate applications such as video games and social check-in programs like Foursquare.”

RIM is currently in license negotiations with the big four record labels and there are plans to beta launch the BBM Music service in the U.S., Canada and the UK in early September.