Thread: Amazon sold half a million Kindles in 2008, says analyst
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Old 02-03-2009, 01:06 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It would be interesting to know what the cause of the Kindle order "backlog" actually is. The obvious thought is that it's the screens, but that is contra-indicated by the fact that there's no shortage of the other eInk devices which use the same screen. Last spring, when there definitely was a screen shortage, all the devices was back-ordered. That hasn't happened this time.
The other devices may have more existing stock.
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