As I said sales will ultimately tell, not pundits.
It's likely their tablet will come in at a price that is inline with and not dramatically cheaper than the competition.
The high end Kindle is nearly $400 - not cheap. It's not likely they will undercut this price.
We can have this conversation again in January and see if they hit their 17m 2011 Kindle prediction AND their 5m Q4 tablet prediction.
I'm saying they will not, that they will lose Kindle sales to the tablet.
You keep saying that some magically enhanced
Amazon shopping experience is going to drive sales of a hardware tablet. I think that's nonsense.
Time will tell.
-t
Please try to stick with facts:
Amazon has never revealed Kindle sales numbers.
I have posted that
Amazon would use its content to push hardware sales. That's an obvious sales strategy.
Amazon is a huge seller of many products, and has been for years.
It has amazing goodwill among consumers, as shown by annual rankings in customer satisfaction.
I have not jumped to conclusions about its success. You refer to my previous posts, but you seem to have forgotten, misread, misunderstood or selectively remembered. I have posted that
Amazon can afford to take a risk with a tablet; risk is defined as including the possibility of failure.
I'm a consumer who's glad to see a company with resources and smarts take a risk and offer some decent competition in the Android tablet market, which hardware makers have failed to do so far.