This reads a LOT like WWJD … that is what would Jobs do?
I have been thinking about getting a Fire but with Sprint starting to support the iPad and offering 4G on the Motorola Zoom (now a product of Google), it seems to me that either of those is a better choice even if the difference in cost is a couple of hundred dollars.
It seems as if the KindleFire is going to be restricted to things that can be done within the Amazon Universe.
Even at $200, this seems to me t undercut the value of the gadget. I suspect the only thing a Fire will offer that a more robust Samsung or Google/Motorola tablet dose not offer is use of Amazon’s cloud based Tablet services. That is a big deal but when the competition is Google and when Amazon is unlikely to withdraw from selling stuff on iPads, Androids, and (soon I hope) Win 8 tabs, why would Amazon think it can go to toe to to with the others?
Furthermore, as a retailer, Amazon NEEDS ot have good apps on everyone else’s tablet. So why pay $200 for a castrati when you can by a full featured tablet for $500?