Amazon Launches New Kindle As Tablet Wars Heat Up

CNBC ^ | 9/6/12 | Cadie Thompson

[KingOfVagabonds]

The new mobile device is thinner than the Kindle Touch, and features a battery life of up to eight weeks, and is priced at $179. The Kindle Paperwhite is 9mm thin, or about a third of an inch, and weighs 7.5 ounces.

[GeronL]

I see Apple is suing to keep the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet off the US market, they seem skeered. Galaxy Notes look awesome, btw

[USNBandit]

"Since then Amazon's tablet has stolen 22 percent of the tablet market in the U.S., the company said last week."

I wouldn't say stolen. They found a nitch in the market for people that don't need big screens and cameras. They are also betting on revenue generated by users buying apps and media.

[ctdonath2]

No sign of it on amazon.com!

[null and void]

I note this passage from the source article:

Since then Amazon's tablet has stolen 22 percent of the tablet market in the U.S., the company said last week.

Stolen? STOLEN???

They have a superior, less expensive product.

The EARNED 22 percent of the market.

[ace2u_in_MD]

Defending patents that they spent time and money to develop is running scared? Please. Apple holds patents. Apple offered to license the disputed patents to Samsung. They declined, made a knock-off and that is how we got where we are today.

[ace2u_in_MD]

Less expensive, yes. Superior? Not from what I have seen or read.

[null and void]

*shrug* My kid is delighted with his.

[ace2u_in_MD]

The 22% is based upon what exactly? Amazon has never released the number of kindles of any model sold.

[Nifster]

Apple isn’t ‘skeered’ they own enough customer loyalty AND already dominate the market. They sued over patent infringement....and many companies do this to protect their design features.

Go buy whatever you want...frankly Apple won’t care

[Nifster]

Oh and by the by Apple won that suit

[null and void]

I didn’t click through to see Amazon’s internals. If you are sufficiently interested, the link is in the source article.

[kevkrom]

I own a Kindle Fire, and I love it, but there's no way I would consider it remotely equal, or superior to, something like an iPad. However, it is a lot less expensive.

[Revolting cat!]

Let’s hear more childish hate from fans of this or that toy!

[bmwcyle]

My girls have Nooks and love them.

[null and void]

You bought it because?

Let me guess. You bought it because it doesn’t do what you want at a price you can’t afford?

[Chainmail]

Amazon and Jeff Bezos can pound sand: since they decided to contribute to the cause of gay "marriage", I have stopped spending a dime on them.

I did like my Kindle, but it's in the trash - I'll support the competition from here on.

[GeronL]

lol.

didn’t mean to offend anyone.

[kevkrom]

Actually, it was a gift.

I use it pretty much solely as a book reader — for anything else, my iPhone is better (as in faster, more responsive, better battery life). For what I use it for, the KF is great, but as a general-purpose tablet? No, it’s not good enough.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Yes, STOLEN!