"(Amazon's) goal is to drive as much business as possible to and through its online retail presence," he said. "Over the past few years, Amazon's customers have gotten used to one-click purchases of books and other published content via the Kindle," independent technology analyst Carmi Levy told AFP.
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The Kindle Fire also has a pre-installed Amazon shopping application as Amazon, like Apple, seeks to drive owners of the tablet to its online store, which features books, music, movies, TV shows and games. US online retail giant Amazon unveiled a tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, on Wednesday that costs $199, less than half the price of the cheapest iPad from market-leader Apple. New Amazon Kindle products Kindle Touch (L), Kindle Fire tablet (C) and new Kindle are displayed at a press conference in New York. The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is displayed at a press conference in New York.
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The Kindle Fire connects to Amazon's App Store and it comes with a 30-day free subscription to Amazon Prime, whose members pay $79 a year for free shipping and other benefits such as unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows. "Amazon is competing on price, content, and commerce," Rotman Epps said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Īccording to technology research firm Gartner, the iPad will account for 68.7 percent of the 69.7 million tablets sold this year and will remain the top-selling device over the next few years.Īt $199, Amazon is significantly undercutting Apple with the price of the Kindle Fire. The e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multicolor touchscreen. Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of, introduces the Kindle Fire at a news conference, Wednesday, Sept.
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