Record Weekend for Amazon Devices—Up 3x Over Last Year, with Millions of Devices Sold
The new $49.99 Fire tablet is the fastest-selling Amazon tablet ever, with millions sold since launch — Amazon tablet sales this weekend are up more than 3x year over year.
With its 1024 x 600 resolution, I don’t know how people can put up with it.
CNet seems to think it’s the cat’s meow: 5 reasons to buy Amazon’s $50 tablet — and one not to. They also stupidly say it’s good for reading. Only if you hate your eyes.
If Amazon is making a profit on that tablet, consider what the manufacturing cost was. $15? $20?
Anyway, their site — at post time — reports it won’t be in stock until December 24(!).
Hey, Tim Cook, how’s that iPad pricing going?
Previously here:
Best Buy: Killing Tablets And Themselves
Amazon Introduces New Fire Tablets & TV
Mike Cane’s xBlog 
HP exits low-cost tablet market in product shakeup
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3010922/tablets/hp-exits-low-cost-tablet-market-in-product-shakeup.html
Good Afternoon Mike. I thought you would find this interesting. There is no need to publish it unless you want to.
Nothing will help HP in the tablet market. They’re poison after what they did to webOS.