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I bought my DX in january...yeah it was a pretty penny but I can't find any real faults with it. I think $379 for the DXG is worth it given everything..
"The DX is a premium model. Amazon don't mind taking a loss on each regular Kindle they sell, because it locks buyers into the Amazon-Kindle ecosystem and they'll make the money back on book sales. Obviously we don't know how much Amazon are prepared to lose on each Kindle sale, but I'll bet there are people here on this forum who have spent $1500 on ebooks - it probably only takes one purchase a week over 2 years to spend that much."
Well there's a fair amount of free books so under theory someone might not be buying books all the time...BUT just think of what Amazon did (if you read Black Swan this might be more apparent)
English is obviously one of the largest languages in the world. some now refer to at as Globish because of the global influence.
the ability to read means the ability to read books, newspapers, magazines etc.
Amazon is the largest online store on the planet
From what many have indicated is the 3G works around the planet.
If prices continue to go down to say $100 for a Kindle and maybe $200-250 for a dx what will this do?
Increase consumers... Bezos now just provided a cheap device that allows free access to Amazon.com. He didn't have to wire a single home to the internet!
Obviously shopping with a kindle is a bit odd but by allowing access to at least amazon.com it means they are more used to amazons website...if the webkit improves the functionality of the internet using a kindle then this all makes sense.
What better way to diversify your consumer base under the radar!
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