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Amazon has always been coy when it come to releasing sales numbers, and the case of the new Kindle Fire is no exception. But if the newest leak is to be believed, someone working for the company is a little less secretive. A spreadsheet detailing the pre-orders to this point shows some incredible numbers. In just five days, over 250,000 Kindle Fires have been ordered.
With a little math, that works out to over 2000 devices per hour, and it’s not even shipping for over a month. At this rate, Amazon will have sold 2.5 million Kindle Fires be the time the device is out. That would surpass the numbers seen when the original iPad launched by a wide margin. It looks like the attractive price point is enough to persuade buyers to pick one up.
Some analysts have speculated that Amazon might actually be making about $50 per device, and that would mean huge profits out of the gate for the Kindle Fire. The tablet would also be one of the most prolific Android devices on the market, and it doesn’t even run Google’s apps. Have you ordered a Kindle Fire?
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jedisamurai
October 07, 2011 at 5:23pm
I'm signing up for Amazon's Cloud storage and uploading all my mp3s to their server. Then I can stream them and not worry about running out of space. Is that a "closed" system? Well...sorta. Apple products only seemed to like your mp3s if you bought them on iTunes (which I hate, hate HATE) wheras at least this way you don't have to install any software on your machine. You can sync everything through the cloud.
If Amazon eventually does this for movies as well it will be the most "open" yet easy to use device I ever heard of.
The future isn't in having large ram in a tiny device but in having a good wireless connection and easy-to-use cloud storage. Why have 64gb of storage when you can have HUNDREDS? :D
evilyeti
October 04, 2011 at 6:43pm
I really hope this means existing tablets on the market like the Motorola Xoom, ASUS EEE Pad, Acer Iconia, Samsung Galaxy TAB etc etc. Get price drops because this is quite the difference in price. Most existing tablets sell for $400-$600 and the Amazon Fire Tab will be $199 the only other tablets in this price range that I am aware of are the 7" Acer tab for $299 and the 16GB BB Playbook for $299. I think when HP blew out all the there TouchPads they made it pretty clear people are willing to buy tablets at the right price, hopefully other manufacturers follow suit and learn from Amazon's success!
Trooper_One
October 07, 2011 at 12:14pm
Remember the days when some netbooks were sold for $500?!?
Now it's tablets' turn. Some tablets with accessories are sold for $599 plus tax. They' nifty hands-on devices for consumption purposes but I'll rather save some more and buy a laptop.
Common marketers, put them below the $300 price point!
Holly Golightly
October 04, 2011 at 3:21pm
Whoa! They are selling like hot cakes!!!!!!!! I have not ordered a Kindle Fire. My boyfriend wants it. The only reason why I am not ordering one of these for myself is because it is a closed platform like Steam. So I try to avoid any and all closed platforms.
DustDiesel
October 04, 2011 at 4:09pm
Didn't know that it was a closed platform. That changes my ideas on it a bit as well. I would also like to know just how fast the dual core processor is.
I am holding out until I can get a year free on the prime account. That alone is 40% the cost per year.
MrBlueCheese
October 04, 2011 at 11:38pm
Not sure if a "year free on the prime account" will ever happen.
Also, not sure what the processor is, as Amazon is keeping a tight lip on it.
Holly Golightly
October 04, 2011 at 5:12pm
Well, I am not 100% sure if it is a truly closed platform. All I know is that based on their history Kindle has always been a closed platform. However, they have never made a tablet before, so they could change their views suddenly. Maybe Kindle Fire owners can have access to the regular Android market place. It's all one just one big mystery.
rawrnomnom
October 04, 2011 at 8:38pm
Even if it is closed platform with a device like this XDA will have vanilla gingerbread/ice cream sandwich running on it within a month of release.
Holly Golightly
October 04, 2011 at 9:21pm
Now that is an open movement I support. However, not many people are bright enough to hack their own tablets. Although, my guess is that using vanilla GingerBread/Ice Cream Sandwich will void the warranty?
MrBlueCheese
October 04, 2011 at 11:27pm
This is when you wear the "I void warrenties" t-shirt with pride. Also known in the biz as "Hack it to them!"
Also, curious on how to hack a tablet (in general).
Holly Golightly
October 05, 2011 at 1:18am
My favorite tee shirt is "I don't buy PCs, I make them." Coolest shirt ever. As much as I love tablets, nothing will come close to my own personal built computer.
