The vending machines used in temporary stores during the Christmas season for Kindle devices and accessories have come to stay. Especially in places with high traffic such as airports and shopping malls, the machines should be at home. In a first test, the machine revealed some improvement.
colleagues of GeekWire discovered a Kindle machine at the airport of Las Vegas, where he was well-placed to attract the attention of departing visitors of the art fair CES. The installation is not a single action but by far, confirmed an Amazon spokesman GeekWire. The company has set up the machine in a variety of places, in addition to airports and shopping malls.
During Christmas 2013 it sounded a bit different. Also, since the Kindle machines already were used, but only as part of “pop-up stores” with expiration date. An Amazon spokesman said at the time, these institutions were part of an advertising campaign and therefore are only temporary. At least the machines have but apparently so successful that they go into production.
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GeekWire to the vending machine has taken a closer look. The hardware thus comes from the leader zoom system, which also operates vending machines for Apple, Best Buy and other brands. In the Kindle machine there are all products of the Kindle family Kindle Fire Tablets on eBook Reader to accessories such as cases and charging cable. In the test load times attended by 10 seconds and more resentment. In addition, there is criticism that there is no possibility to login with the Amazon account and transactions carried out about it (which also would have the advantage that purchased the Kindle could be immediately associated with your account).
that Amazon also wants a say offline in the future a larger word, is explained away any more. The vending machines complement the retail strategy, Kindle devices through distributors to bring (in Germany including Media Markt / Saturn) to the user. You may also be the vanguard for its own stores to sell its own hardware and services (Prime), as Apple, Sony, and have (in the U.S.) Microsoft for years.
more Images of the machine there is at GeekWire.
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The article” Kindle machine to go into production “on 10 January 2014 (Friday) at 12:25 clock by John Main wrote. John Main ( Xing / Twitter ) is the editor and publisher of lesen.net.
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