On 11-09-26 6:09 AM, August Abolins -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AA> Alan Zisman -> August Abolins said..

 AZ>> ..If the various Android models were priced at
 AZ>> $350 (or less) while the iPad is priced starting at $500 (and
 AZ>> up), there might be more competition - the clamour for HP's
 AZ>> models when they were marked down to fire-sale $99/149 was
 AZ>> interesting.

 AA> Amazon is set to release its tablet.

 AA>
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/09/will-amazons-tablet-finally-challenge-ipad/42924/


 AA> http://tinyurl.com/5wg37y7

 AA> "HP figured that out too late, when its liquidation of the discontinued
 AA> Touch-Pad triggered a frenzy of actual sales. Amazon is hoping they can
 AA> hold out long enough at low prices that the market for tablets comes
 AA> down from Apple's rarified level to find them."

Compared to HP (and the various other Android manufacturers) Amazon has the
advantage that its hardware operates as a front end for Amazon sales... a
tablet that helps bring ebook, music, and other sales to Amazon can be sold
below cost.

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