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mariowilson484
07-04-2012, 09:07 PM
If later see amazon map, do not surprise.

According to GigaOM report, amazon bought 3 D moving map company UpNext, causing many guess that amazon will into map field.

Last month, Google held a Google Maps conference before Apple, and Apple Maps say goodbye to Google Maps in WWDC, it also means that Google and Apple's map war officially began. Then Microsoft Windows Phone 8 announced it will replace Bing Maps with Nokia Maps and become the default map application on WP8.

Amazon seems to aggravating the field, just as the Kindle Fire in tablet market. UpNext was set up by Raj Advani, Vik Advani, Robin Har and Danny Moon four high school friends in 2007 in New York, committed to provide interactive and fine 3 D map, currently provide the Android, iPad, iPhone and Kindle Fire versions.

Interestingly, earlier this year, apple, Google and amazon giant companies have courted UpNext, but finally do not reach a agreement. Then, in the middle of march, UpNext success financing $500000, investors including Lowercase Capital, David Cohen, David Tisch and Oleg Tscheltzoff. Until today, UpNext bought by amazon formally, but the amount have not been revealed, said people the acquisition just brought investors with five times earnings.

AllThingsD think this acquisition is the signal that amazon will make KindlePhone. Once AllThingsD had reported that amazon is making its own mobile phone news, A analyst from Topeka named Brian White said "our research indicates that amazon is secretly making a smart phone, will be published later this year, and better than most smart phones on the market".

Amazon Kindle Fire, amazon tablet computer moving maps, and even the amazon Kindle Phone, we see the electricity traders giant amazon is extending its reach to all aspects of the field. Top investor Fred Wilson said mobile Internet is the key point of development.

We also hope that more and more fighter join to the battlefield, healthy competition is also the source of innovation. The game between giants, most of the time the benefit is for general users. It's like if no Kindle Fire, who dare say there must be a cheap and fine Nexus 7?

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