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Re:Kindle Fire HD hurts Microsoft more than Apple by jpxxx on Sunday September 09, 2012 @03:50PM (#4496754)
Who is this author? Since when does "disintermediating an industry" mean "selling and subsidizing the products of an industry"?

And what pundits -didn't- predict a larger Kindle Fire? I thought that was a signed and sealed rumor straight from WSJ+Amazon themselves.

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Re:Kindle Fire HD hurts Microsoft more than Apple by eli on Sunday September 09, 2012 @04:29PM (#4496878)
The author has been around quite a long time, but he is better known lately for his (perhaps intentionally) counterintuitive opinions and goofy predictions. I think, sadly, he is going more for pageviews than credibility.

But to answer your second question, "Amazon next week will announce two 7-inch Kindle Fire models, one with new hardware and the other an updated version of the original, CNET has learned. That's counter to rumors it would launch a larger version." Oops. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57504515-94/kindle-fire-won...

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Re:Kindle Fire HD hurts Microsoft more than Apple by Toshio on Sunday September 09, 2012 @04:11PM (#4496828)
> "Who is this author?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely

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