people keep throwing around that "lose $50 on each one sold" bit from that article quoting Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster that ran at Fortune. Some of the tech blogs/sites are quoting it likes its a known fact.
Its not
The BOM for the 16GB Playbook is about $190 before losing the Cameras, Bluetooth, GPS, Gyroscope, SD slot. Removing those could make the BOM of the Fire about $160. Oh there is the firmware development, advertising, packaging costs and import shipping costs. but i have no reason to believe they would add another $90 to the cost per device
http://www.ubmtechinsights.com/teard...book-teardown/
oh and eetimes posted an article saying the Fire BOM is probably $150
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-n...mated--150-BoM quoting UBMtechinsights