The article "
Amazon headed to $150 Kindles?" by Eric Engleman on Techflash reports that Amazon may be headed towards $150 Kindles.
According to the article, Freescale Semiconductor is a supplier of the processor chip for eReaders such as the Kindle, and they are coming out with a new chip that is both faster and significantly cheaper. According to the article, a Bloomberg source is quoted saying that the new chip "will help drive down the price of the devices to less than $150 this year."
However, the end of the article says that Freescale Semiconductor is distancing itself from talk of $150 Kindles or other e-readers:
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To clarify: the i.MX508 processor is designed to reduce eReader costs for our customers and their end users. However, Freescale has not/will not speculate as to which customers might incorporate the i.MX508 into future eReader designs; has not/will not speculate as to the end prices of any specific eReader products based on i.MX508; and has not/will not speculate as to when any specific manufacturer might deliver eReaders to market based on our new i.MX508 processor.
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In any case, it's interesting news.