Until Apple’s arrival, the main battle in the mini tablet market has been between Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7.
Launched last September as a mini tablet companion to the well-known eBook reader of the same name, the cost-effective Kindle Fire has proved a hit, shifting seven million devices so far – second only to the iPad. Amazon recently unveiled an updated HD version.
“The Kindle Fire can handle about 80% of what I want to do on an iPad, for 40% of the price. And much of what’s missing won’t be missing for long” – Wilson Rothman , NBC News.
“The Kindle Fire is notable for what it doesn’t include: No cameras, no Bluetooth, no video out for playing stuff on an HDTV, no NFC, no GPS, no cellular radio. While those were all considered reasonable losses to hit a cheap price point last year, competitors such as the Nexus 7 have shown that you don’t have to make all of those compromises” – Sascha Segan, ITProPortal.
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