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Old 09-25-2013, 07:30 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
My point is that the Fires' sales will be better off -- by Amazon's standards -- if the tablets themselves can be used as either thing.

The fact that Amazon's looking into placing the newest Fires in business environments suggests they're looking at hardware flexibility just as I am (Office Suite = dynamic content creation, not passive content reception), which again makes their decision to deviate even further from Android seem curious.
You are missing the point, I think. Amazon is not interested in selling the Fires as general purpose tablets --- they make little money on them. Now if the tablets cost an extra $100, then it would be worth the effort just for hardware sales.
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