A year or two ago, some experts were predicting that Amazon would junk the Kindle, and exit the hardware business entirely. Doesn’t look like that’s happening anytime soon.
Amazon’s new tablet can be a huge win for them, and some great competition for Apple’s iPad. If Amazon can deliver a simple, intuitive Android app store, Apple is going to have to rethink its pricing strategy with the iPad. This is starting to really make sense. The result: the sale of more apps, more Kindle books, and more of Amazon’s gazillion other products. No doubt this blows B&N’s Nook out of the water.
Contrast the progress of Amazon’s digital content sales vs. Apple’s iBookstore, which has been an unmitigated flop, as far as I can tell.
The NYT is covering the Amazon news conference:
Amazon now has a Kindle lineup that starts at $79 and tops out at $199. Mr. Bezos is thanking the teams that made these devices and all of us for coming. Lights are back up. Let the competition begin.
10:53 A.M. Price of Fire
The Fire will cost $199, Mr. Bezos says. (Remember, the iPad starts at $499.) “We’re delivering premium products at non-premium prices,” Mr. Bezos says.
via Live Blogging the Amazon Tablet Announcement – NYTimes.com.
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A year or two ago, some experts were predicting that Amazon would junk the Kindle, and exit the hardware business entirely. Doesn’t look like that’s happening anytime soon.
Amazon’s new tablet can be a huge win for them, and some great competition for Apple’s iPad. If Amazon can deliver a simple, intuitive Android app store, Apple is going to have to rethink its pricing strategy with the iPad. This is starting to really make sense. The result: the sale of more apps, more Kindle books, and more of Amazon’s gazillion other products. No doubt this blows B&N’s Nook out of the water.
Contrast the progress of Amazon’s digital content sales vs. Apple’s iBookstore, which has been an unmitigated flop, as far as I can tell.
The NYT is covering the Amazon news conference:
Amazon now has a Kindle lineup that starts at $79 and tops out at $199. Mr. Bezos is thanking the teams that made these devices and all of us for coming. Lights are back up. Let the competition begin.
10:53 A.M. Price of Fire
The Fire will cost $199, Mr. Bezos says. (Remember, the iPad starts at $499.) “We’re delivering premium products at non-premium prices,” Mr. Bezos says.
via Live Blogging the Amazon Tablet Announcement – NYTimes.com.
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