{"id":483,"date":"2011-10-02T21:44:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T14:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techwalls.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2019-08-02T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:56:00","slug":"amazon-fire-not-hurt-ipad-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/amazon-fire-not-hurt-ipad-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Kindle Fire will not hurt iPad Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon unveiled its new Kindle product line a few days ago. We now have the choice of purchasing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kindle &#8211; $79.00<\/li>\n<li>Kindle Touch &#8211; $99.00<\/li>\n<li>Kindle Touch 3g &#8211; $149.00<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0051VVOB2\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=twall-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0051VVOB2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Fire<\/a> \u00a0&#8211; $199.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazon wants your business and they have priced their black and white ereader accordingly. My wife has an older generation Kindle with a keyboard and 3g and we paid over $399.00. The prices have come way down and I believe there will be a huge market for the black and white e-readers this Christmas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Kindle Fire doesn&#8217;t excite me very much and it is not an iPad killer at all. I believe its main competition is going to be the NOOK Color. How can anyone think a 7 inch \u00a0Kindle Fire without a camera or microphone will have any affect on iPad sales; its plain silly. What the Fire will do is help Amazon continue to sell its content and keep customers on their platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0051VVOB2\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=twall-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B0051VVOB2\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-501\" title=\"new-kindle-line\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/new-kindle-line.jpg\" alt=\"new-kindle-line\" width=\"527\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/new-kindle-line.jpg 527w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/new-kindle-line-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now if you do not care about a microphone, 3g or a camera than the $199.00 price point may be for you. What you do get is the Amazon cloud service as your backbone and the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Appstore &#8211; thousands of popular apps and games<\/li>\n<li>Ultra-fast web browsing &#8211; Amazon Silk<\/li>\n<li>Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content<\/li>\n<li>Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle<\/li>\n<li>Fast, powerful dual-core processor<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still interested? <strong><a title=\"preorder kindle fire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/order-amazon-kindle-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pre-order Kindle Fire<\/a><\/strong> today at Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start a discussion. Do you think the Amazon Fire is an iPad Killer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon unveiled its new Kindle product line a few days ago. We now have the choice of purchasing the following: Kindle &#8211; $79.00 Kindle Touch &#8211; $99.00 Kindle Touch 3g &#8211; $149.00 Kindle Fire \u00a0&#8211; $199.00 Amazon wants your business and they have priced their black and white ereader accordingly. My wife has an older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3,6,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadget","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-ipad","10":"tag-kindle","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amazon Kindle Fire will not hurt iPad Sales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kindle Fire doesn&#039;t excite me very much and it is not an iPad killer at all. 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