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Considering my experience with my Kindle 2 over the last couple years, and my initial Kindle Fire impressions (mostly from a distance; I don’t own one), I’d prefer a more svelte ~7: Kindle Fire than one super-sized to iPad dimensions, at this point (in part because I also expect to continue being an iPad user…). I’m also still tempted by the Samsung Note smartphone/tablet tweener… In any case, it’s not surprising that Amazon wishes to avoid pulling an Osborne, and likely won’t announce the next wave of Kindle Fire devices until they’re ready to ship. Tangentially, I won’t be surprised if the next wave of Kindle Fire devices is based on Samsung hardware, but that’s just a hunch.
… Continue reading: Amazon Prepping New 7- and 9-Inch Kindle Fires for Midyear? – John Paczkowski – Mobile – AllThingsD
A svelte 9” or 10” Kindle Fire would significantly accelerate market dynamics in this context
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said during his company’s recent earnings call that iPad sales haven’t really been affected by the Kindle Fire from Amazon, which is no doubt contributing heavily to the success of Android tablets. It’s also likely that the Nook Color and Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble are included in the Android figures. Instead, Cook admitted, the iPad has had some cannibalization effect on sales of Macs and he predicted that one day, the tablet market will be larger in volume than the PC market.
PC Makers Should Fear Amazon’s Android Gains – Businessweek
PC Makers Should Fear Amazon’s Android Gains – Businessweek
An impressive start for the Kindle Fire
McCourt had been looking for iPad shipments of 16 million. Now he thinks that they’ll top out at 13 million, and that a portion of that shortfall is due to the Fire. “Based on data from Amazon, we believe the Amazon Fire likely sold 4-5 million units this holiday season, which probably means maybe 1-2 million cannibalized iPad sales at most,” McCourt wrote in a note to clients.
So, not a big hit to iPad sales, but a hit just the same. According to McCourt, this isn’t a sign of some big shift, but more a reflection of the difference in price between the two devices.
… Continue reading: Kindle Fire May Have Pared iPad Holiday Sales by a Couple Million – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
Santalytics
December’s holiday season brought with it record sales for Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet. No surprise, then, that Internet traffic from the device spiked on Christmas day, as Santa’s good little boys and girls fired their Fires up for the first time.
According to Millennial Media, ad requests on its network from the Fire increased 261 percent on December 25th and another 46 percent on the 26th.
Kindle Fire Ad Requests Increased 261 Percent on Christmas Day – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
Continue reading: Kindle Fire Ad Requests Increased 261 Percent on Christmas Day – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
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