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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Because an iPad costs $500 and a Nook Color costs $250.
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We won't talk about gray scale here because that is a different subject with different objectives.
So we are speaking only about COLOR tablets here:
Ipad is 10" and cheapest is $500
Kindle Fire is 7" and only price is $200
We don't know yet what the NC2 will be.
Some people, myself included, prefer the 7" or 6" size readers.
Apple in it's egotistical wisdom said only the 10" size gives the proper experience.
Well, ok, but how many customers want something smaller and more convenient. Apple threw away a segment of the market but perhaps they thought they would sell more of the more expensive tablets, and they sure have sold a lot. BUT that was in the beginning, and they could have sold anything.
The IPAD is a better computer than the Fire or the Nook, but it really isn't a computer, because it has no keyboard or mouse, but it does have the power whether you can use it or not. Like a sports car. People buy them but never can really fully utilize them.
I think for reading the 7" Fire is much better. Likewise the NC and the new (to come) NC2.
My problem is that the Fire doesn't have the limited free 3G.
I will wait for that.
And yes, the rumor is that Amazon has even more tablets in the pipeline. One or more will be 9 or 10 inches.