Amazon Kindle Fire: More Profitable Than Expected?

Re:Amazon Kindle Fire: More Profitable Than Expected? by untog on Thursday January 19, 2012 @12:05PM (#3485357)

This, IMO, is one of the real problems with both Amazon and B&N branding their LCD tablet devices under the same brand as their eInk ones.

People don't seem to "get" it. The Fire/Tablet is more expensive, and so, must be the "best". If all you want to do is read, the LCD devices are actually worse in both readability and battery life. But I don't see either manufacturer doing a great job at explaining that.

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Re:Amazon Kindle Fire: More Profitable Than Expected? by timwiseman on Thursday January 19, 2012 @12:50PM (#3485621)

I think you have a great point. I have an older kindle (odd to say that about something I got less than 6 months ago...) that I think is fantastic as a dedicated reader. I would pay for the Fire swiftly, if it was a better reader, but the store models I have seen seem to be worse as dedicated readers.

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