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Barnes & Nobles’s NOOK Tablet Driving Consumers Into A Corner

Reuven Shechter — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:39:35 +0000

In a post-Fire world, even the smallest differences can push the average consumer into a decision between Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble’s NOOK Tablet. One of the main advantages the NOOK Tablet had over the Kindle Fire had been twice the storage space (16 GB vs. 8GB) as well as twice the RAM […]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire Is A Loss Leader, But Still A Leader

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:38:36 +0000

IHS iSuppli Research reports that the Amazon Kindle Fire, priced at $199, has $191.65 worth of parts and has a full manufacturing cost of $209.63. This means that with each machine, the online retailer actually loses a few bucks. Amazon likely intends to pick up the difference with media sales, and it’s not that bad […]

Will Amazon Kill The iPad With Fire?

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:36 +0000

The long-awaited Amazon Tablet is here, and it was outed by Bloomberg a good five minutes before the actual event started. At just 7″, the Android-based dual core tablet lacks cameras and 3G connectivity (there’s Wi-fi though). The Fire resembles RIM’s Playbook (there’s allegedly a reason for that) and is a smart looking piece of […]