Thread: New Survey Shows Huge Wave of Apple iPad Demand Striking Amazon
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Old 03-07-2010, 04:39 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Teddman View Post
I'm a bit surprised that Amazon hasn't preemptively acted to entice customers into buying a Kindle before the iPad comes out.

A price cut to $199 for the Kindle 2 would spike sales up quite a bit, especially if they also threw in a few free books. And the Kindle DX certainly needs to drop by at least $100, it just looks silly pricing it at the same level as the basic iPad.
I'm very suprised about this too. As soon as iPad was announced they should have cut prices by 25% on the Kindle DX at least. They have a more evenly based battle when Amazon launch their mirasol color screen readers (if rumors are true), but until then the DX will get destroyed by iPad sales.

When comparing those 2 devices the ONLY reason you might want to go for a DX is a love of all things Amazon or reading on an LCD screen hurts your eyes. The feature set of the iPad is far beyond the Kindle imo when they are at basically the same price.
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