09-07-2012, 06:32 AM
I've seen the ad-supported regular Kindle and it didn't seem like a problem. It's not like it puts an ad up while you're reading. I expect an ad-supported Fire to have an ad section on the menu screens but nothing when you are in an app, including reading, gaming, etc.
Which should be fine, and for $159, I think people will somehow learn to live with it, perhaps drying their tears with the wads of $20 bills they saved by not buying an iPad.
$549 for a bigger tablet with 12 months of 4G is interesting too. Compare that to $629 for the cheapest 4G LTE iPad and that's not counting the data plan.
The $199 one comes with Skype installed too, so camera and microphone.
I do wonder why Apple and Amazon both shun the SD card, though. Expensive licencing involved or something?
Which should be fine, and for $159, I think people will somehow learn to live with it, perhaps drying their tears with the wads of $20 bills they saved by not buying an iPad.
$549 for a bigger tablet with 12 months of 4G is interesting too. Compare that to $629 for the cheapest 4G LTE iPad and that's not counting the data plan.
The $199 one comes with Skype installed too, so camera and microphone.
I do wonder why Apple and Amazon both shun the SD card, though. Expensive licencing involved or something?