Personally, I just want a cheaper Kindle DX. I've been waiting for years for those suckers to get down to a reasonable price. I want to be able to read conference papers, the Linux Journal, and my O'Reilly ebook collection on something of a decent size.
It will be interesting to see how they price it.
I think $279 would be the sweet spot because if they bring it up to $299 then it would be close to a theoretical $399 iPad 2 (if Apple continues to sell them alongside the iPad 3 as has been rumored) Amazon needs to say firmly in the "low price" segment for now as their software/hardware is nowhere near as polished as iOS.
I would buy a Fire if it were a real Android device, but it's even more heavily modified than your average heavily-modified-Android device, and we all know how up-to-date those things stay. For example, why should I be satisfied with Amazon's browser when I could be using Chrome instead?
I understand why they might not want the "Google Experience" on their device, but I don't understand why they can't maintain a patchset on top of AOSP. Give me an up-to-date OS, and I'll add the software I want. I'll even promise not to ask for support!
I really hope they come to some kind of agreement with Google. The Fire is decent enough for the price, but no Google apps is frustrating. My Android phone is a more capable device for less money in part due to the Google apps.
Also, some more data input would help a lot - a microphone and camera for skype type usage, for instance.
It may be a more capable device, but I seriously doubt it's cheaper. Kindle Fire is $199 no strings attached. Android phones costing less than that up-front tend to come with 2-year voice+data contracts at $50+ per month, or at least $1200.
[+] [-] SageRaven|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jedc|14 years ago|reply
I can understand why Amazon keeps pushing the regular-size Kindles (price-point), but the DX should have had a price cut by now.
[+] [-] kenrikm|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jrockway|14 years ago|reply
I understand why they might not want the "Google Experience" on their device, but I don't understand why they can't maintain a patchset on top of AOSP. Give me an up-to-date OS, and I'll add the software I want. I'll even promise not to ask for support!
[+] [-] davidw|14 years ago|reply
Also, some more data input would help a lot - a microphone and camera for skype type usage, for instance.
[+] [-] dripton|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] WayneDB|14 years ago|reply
I would only buy one if I can install a stock version of Android and get access to the Android Market.