New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
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Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#2Interesting that there's only a $50 premium for the 3G Kindle, whereas the 3G iPad is an additional $130 over the Wifi model.
Different licensing agreements? Amazon taking a loss? Typical Apple markup?
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#3Now this is starting to get closer to a sweet spot. I'm curious if E-Ink is starting to lower their licensing costs now that there's a lot more competition in the space, or if manufacturing the screens is just becoming cheaper.
Design looks more polished too.
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#4It's very interesting that Amazon has gone with a WebKit-based browser.
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#5Another case where tethering makes sense.
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#6Interesting that there's only a $50 premium for the 3G Kindle, whereas the 3G iPad is an additional $130 over the Wifi model. Different licensing agreements? Amazon taking a loss? Typical Apple markup?
Not only that, you need a separate data plan for the iPad, right?
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#7$130 is a really compelling price point. The NY Times charges $20/month to access their Kindle edition ($240/year). What they should do is offer a 2-year contract and throw a Kindle in for free.
I personally hate this model, but it's been proven effective (at least in the U.S.) for cell phones sales.
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#8Interesting that there's only a $50 premium for the 3G Kindle, whereas the 3G iPad is an additional $130 over the Wifi model. Different licensing agreements? Amazon taking a loss? Typical Apple markup?
iSuppli estimates that 3G radio adds about $25 to the cost of iPad (http://www.isuppli.com/teardowns-manufacturing-and-pricing/n...) so at $50, I'd imagine that Amazon's probably recouping the cost of baseband hardware + development time and effort, and not much else.
It's amazing to think that they can throw in the free 3G access on top on the hardware for just $50 extra. I guess they're counting on low browser and web usage due to the e-ink screen...
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#9Interesting that there's only a $50 premium for the 3G Kindle, whereas the 3G iPad is an additional $130 over the Wifi model. Different licensing agreements? Amazon taking a loss? Typical Apple markup?
iSuppli estimates that 3G radio adds about $25 to the cost of iPad ( http://www.isuppli.com/teardowns-manufacturing-and-pricing/n... ) so at $50, I'd imagine that Amazon's probably recouping the cost of baseband hardware + development time and effort, and not much else. It's amazing to think that they can throw in the free 3G access on top on the hardware for just $50 extra. I guess they're counting on low browser an…
Web browsing on the kindle is painful enough that I'd only use it for emergencies.
Re: New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only, $189 3G, available August 27th
#10I haven't enabled 3G on my iPad because I'm usually near wifi these days. I can't imagine that a 3G Kindle is necessary for too many people. The extra cost is your first 4 books.