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Does it matter, really? I love that the iPad is losing some share so we can end up with a more competitive market place. I bought my iPad 2 last summer because it was quite clearly the best tablet. It probably still is today, but with competition heating up, it won't be long before the difference isn't so clear-cut anymore.
I think that the Kindle is quite a different device from an iPad so it's success does not necessarily augur the coming of iPad competitors.
Now, that said, Apple's share of the marker will almost certainly fall though I personally believe that it will be because of the arrival of Microsoft/Windows 8 tablets rather than Android tablets if for no other reason then that many PC manufacturers will build hybrid netbook/tablet devices.
For the people that use tablets to read ebooks, check email, play some games and browse online while waiting for others in a coffee shop, it sure does.
Yes it can. In fact the 500 USD tablet would probably cost 200 USD if it weren't for the very high profit margin.
Kindle Fire and B&N Nook Tablet cost much less because the profit margin is very small, because the manufacturers are making money by selling content, not the actual hardware.
To see if some hardware can compete with another hardware, don't look to the price or what some fanboi are saying. Just go look to some benchmarks: go look at Quadrant, Neocore, GLbenchmark etc. figures and judge for yourself.
More expensive is not always better. It should be, but it's not.
[quote]Also, I doubt many iPad sales were lost due to the Kindle Fire... unless you really think a 7" $200 tablet competes with a 10" $500 tablet?[/quote]
I know for me it did. The main reason I got a 7in. android tablet vs. an ipad is because of portability. I can literally just put my tablet in my jacket pocket or the pocket of my sweatshirt and go.
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Can/should the Kindle Fire be considered an Android tablet? I mean, technically it runs Android under the hood, but is severely neutered, has most of anything Android-related ripped from the UI (esp the Google apps) and Amazon doesn't even advertise it as such.
Also, I doubt many iPad sales were lost due to the Kindle Fire... unless you really think a 7" $200 tablet competes with a 10" $500 tablet?