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Originally Posted by HarryT
Because the Fire is being sold primarily as a content platform for Amazon's video services, and those aren't available outside the US. Given that Amazon appear to be selling the Fire at a break-even price, or possibly even at a loss, with the expectation of making money in the future from content sales, it's unlikely they'd sell it in a market where that potential isn't there.
This is all just my personal opinion, of course.
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Well, certainly true with respect to video and cloud/streaming, but I'd think even the ebook aspect might be appealing in the same way as the E-ink Kindle.
We'll have to see what happens. I don't think Amazon is quite ready for a world-wide content streaming push.
