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Originally Posted by David Marseilles
IW Byte: Is Amazon Hiding A Tipping Point In Its New Tablet?
They're doubling down, but with slightly better facts/terminology. Theory one is free bandwidth for Amazon portal apps, theory 2 is free x GB/MB of bandwidth monthly. The free limited bandwidth examples in the piece (1-3GB) are amounts people would pay $15-$30 a month for, so I think they're still teetering on the edge of absurdity.
Between a premium on hardware (I actually expect Amazon to price low), increased profits from content sales/prime subscriptions, I could see them swinging some limited amount just for Amazon apps, especially kindle/mp3/app store. Harder to believe that they'd include prime video unless they've got a super low res streaming option and other limits (x videos per month). Seems more likely they'd bundle access to all ATT wifi hotspots or something.
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I assume that Amazon's price will be fairly low, or at the least competitive with some of the bigger names in the tablet game. I could see them putting out a fairly powerful device and going with the free monthly data (to a point) for a relatively low price. It would make me look closer at actually getting a tablet to replace the Nook Color.