Jean Parrot -> August Abolins said the following
 on 9/10/2011 10:49 AM:

 AA>> Let us know wht YOU think of it if/when you get a chance
 JP> to play with it.

 JP> Still pondering on the idea. My daughter is also thinking of
 JP> getting a Thrive. would you like the user's manual ? I have
 JP> read it twice already, I like all the ports even if now with a
 JP> USB port only, (Wormy Air ), one can do a lot.


Any more thoughts on the Thrive?  There was a bit of a media fury over the
announcement of the Kindle Fire last week.  It sounds like a nice
compromise of e-reader/tablet.

"According to Gene Munster, analyst at Piper Jaffray, a middle-market
investment bank and asset management firm serving clients in the US and
internationally, a Kindle Fire with features that are much similar as the
others won't challenge the Apple iPad's leadership.  He believes the Kindle
Fire can have a definite market but it won't affect the 60 percent
projected share of the Apple iPad next year."

"Apple iPad currently has 90 percent of the market but we see it going
down to 60 percent by 2012 but it will still continue to grow bigger as the
market will also grow so much," Munster said.

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