Comments on: Amazon Unbox Video Download Service Goes Live

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:54:12 +0000

I think I heard that Apple will soon start selling movies as well, which will definitely attract the iPod audience.

By: ele56

ele56 — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:43:11 +0000

That seems to be a great idea. Now you can download movies you like. But the idea is much nicer if you can download them for free.

By: UMBC eBiquity

UMBC eBiquity — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:30:50 +0000

Amazon “unboxes” DVDs (and why I think its a bad idea)…

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:57:39 +0000

Ahhh…I like that explanation. Much better than what I was thinking and it actually seems a little more catchy now.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:35:34 +0000

I thought they meant unbox like you would see a car commercial that has a car without keys (just press a button to open doors) and they would say ‘unlock’- like the opposite of lock. So maybe unbox means un-box like the opposite of box since it’s a direct download service.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:30:58 +0000

I was thinking the same thing that “unboxed” sounds much better. Unbox just sounds like they stopped mid-thought.

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:13:46 +0000

The first guess which comes to my mind with the term ‘unbox’ means you get the item from Amazon without the box via a direct downloaded. Although, ‘unboxed’ would have made a little more sense, but creative nonetheless.

By: Mr Wave Theory

Mr Wave Theory — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:59:03 +0000

Watch Free TV Show at Amazon…

Hurray! Amazon is giving away free TV shows. It’s giving away free $1.99 downloads. I just tried out Amazon Unbox. It’s Amazon’s new iTunes competitor and by the looks of it, it’s pretty snazzy. I wat……