On the Kindles I am betting we'll see $149 and $99 on the wifi/3g and wifi-only respectively by early summer and the KDXG will hit $269 by September. I am betting this year's new Kindles will be using the tech from the touch screen company they bought last year. I don't see them coming out with a tablet or slate class device just to get into the color game since the Kindle app runs on all the other platforms. The only reason I could see a stop-gap color LCD device is if enough new multimedia style "books" begin hitting the virtual shelves this year or even next year.
The one area Kindles blow is for books which are out in color ebook form. It's the sole reason I am still considering an iPad.
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