And UBM Insights estimates the cost at around $150.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/09/...s-kindle-fire/
ZDNET posted an article claiming that Amazon "obviously subsidized its $199 Kindle Fire," citing the firm Piper Jaffray's estimated cost of $250.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/amazon...-rivers;item11
These analysts seem about as reliable as a carnival fortune teller.