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Originally Posted by carld
Well, sure, they aren't final numbers. A certain percentage of pre-orders always cancel, but it still shows a healthy interest in the new Kindle line regardless of what the final first day sales numbers turn out to be.
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Conversely, a lot of people are waiting for the dust to settle (NC2, Vox, etc) and the first hands-on reviews to filter out before committing.
As the article pointed out the Fire pre-order *estimate* is about 30% of iPad day one sales.
If that ratio holds, Fire would end up with something like 20% of the market. That's not a bad launch.
(Especially since 7" tablets are terrible and all that:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...ts-steve-jobs/)