Amazon’s Kindle Fire debuted Wednesday morning with much fanfare. Many of the tablet’s specs were already known, leaked or widely suspected, leaving little to wow the crowds — except the price point. The device is going to retail at an eyebrow-raising US$199, several hundred dollars less than the cheapest iPad. Amazon also released three new versions of its Kindle e-reader, each aimed at a different constituency, and all at the lower end of the price spectrum. The new Kindles range from $79 for the most basic e-reader to $149 for the Kindle Touch 3G.
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Can Amazon Stoke Roaring Fire Profits?
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 29, 2011 07:33 AMAmazon’s Kindle Fire debuted Wednesday morning with much fanfare. Many of the tablet’s specs were already known, leaked or widely suspected, leaving little to wow the crowds — except the price point. The device is going to retail at an eyebrow-raising US$199, several hundred dollars less than the cheapest iPad. Amazon also released three new versions of its Kindle e-reader, each aimed at a different constituency, and all at the lower end of the price spectrum. The new Kindles range from $79 for the most basic e-reader to $149 for the Kindle Touch 3G.