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Amazon to Kindle Fire in OS Wars by Buying HP TouchPad webOS?

10/01/201109/30/2011 by Lynn Walford

Amazon is learning from the HP TouchPad fire sale by pricing its Amazon Kindle Fire at a super low price and also may even buy the operating system from HP. The sale is a family affair. The Amazon Kindle Fire is on presale from Amazon and will be released on November 15. The HP TouchPad was liquidated in August.

VentureBeat reported that Amazon is closest to make a deal to buy Palm and webOS software. Palm's former CEO Jon Rubinstein is on the Amazon board. Rubenstein told Joshua Toplosky, in July that Amazon would make a "great partner' to expand webOS devices. The operating system was created by Palm for the launch of the Palm Pre and can also run on smartphones.

Kindle Fire Fires Sales Costs More to Make (Like HP TouchPad) Could be #2 Tablet

09/30/201109/30/2011 by Lynn Walford

Amazon will not be making a profit from the sale of the new cheaply priced Amazon Kindle Fire. In fact, it costs more to produce than for the sales price, like the HP TouchPad recent fire sale. Amazon will be making money on the sale of Amazon goods and services. It’s working as a way to get customers inside the online retailer's doors.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is on presale from Amazon now and will be released on November 15.

iHS Suppli notes that with its lower pricing than the iPad, and its positioning as a super eReader, the Kindle Fire may serve in fact to expand the tablet market. The Kindle Fire potentially could become the No. 2 selling tablet after the iPad.

Dare2Compare: HP TouchPad vs Amazon Kindle Fire vs iPad - What Fire Sale Wins?

10/03/201109/28/2011 by Lynn Walford

The new Amazon Kindle Fire Android tablet eReader announced today is being called the iPad killer with fewer features than the iPad 2 but less than half the price. How does it compare the tablet bargain of all time the HP TouchPad? Amazon is taking preorders for the Kindle Fire, right now with a release date November 15.

We suspect Amazon may sell-out of the Kindle Fire over the holidays because other Kindle readers achieved that status. Some analysts have concluded the reason why the Kindle Fire is an iPad killer is "It's the price, stupid."

The best features of the Kindle Fire are the dual-core processor, free Amazon Cloud storage, cloud accelerated mobile browser and of course the $199 price.