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Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces
MrCrassic was the first of several submitters to write in about the Kindle Fire: "It looks like another competitor has joined the fight for tablet market share. Amazon released specs and pics of its newest offering, the Kindle Fire, which is bound to turn heads at $199. However, I wouldn't sell your Nook Color or iPad just yet. From the article: 'The Kindle Fire doesn't have an embedded camera or a microphone. The device offers Wi-Fi connectivity, though not 3G access, and comes with a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime, the company's $79-a-year membership service that includes streaming video and free two-day shipping.'"
In other words, this is what the much more expensive precursor Android tablets should have been - comparable to the iPad but affordable without the Apple tax.
So tell me - how did Apple manage to apply its "tax" to the Blackberry Playbook, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy Tab (among others)?
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