Comments on: Amazon Selling 50k Kindle Fires a Day! https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/ News and tech help for the indie author Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Amazon Bumped Kindle Fire Order to 5 Million Units - The Digital Reader https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/#comment-31891 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:52:33 +0000 http://the-digital-reader.com/?p=25050#comment-31891 […] if they’re true then it would mean that Kindle Fire orders have picked up significantly since that first leaked report a month ago. Amazon’s system showed that they’d gotten a quarter of a […]

]]> By: fjtorres https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/#comment-28772 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:44:52 +0000 http://the-digital-reader.com/?p=25050#comment-28772 Yes, you can either download and install from the browser or sideload from a PC.

It’s been in the various reports (PCMAG, PCWORLD, etc) where Amazon expains they expect the Fire to get rooted and, while they’re not going to help they’re not going to fight it.
Here’s one:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Amazon-Kindle-Fire-NOOK-Color-honeycomb-Gingerbread,news-12700.html

]]> By: Syn https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/#comment-28767 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:38:29 +0000 http://the-digital-reader.com/?p=25050#comment-28767 In reply to fjtorres.

Where did you hear its open? Aside from Amazon’s own App store are we able to side load apps on it?

]]> By: fjtorres https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/#comment-28766 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:27:52 +0000 http://the-digital-reader.com/?p=25050#comment-28766 Nate, I would suggest you look to the single biggest difference between the current Nook Color and the Fire as a driver behind the high pre-order numbers and the ebay arbitrage bids.

Namely that Fire is an open android tablet that dosn’t require hacking to install compatible apps. If you want to install Kobo, Aldiko, Txtr, Coolreader3, or overdrive, Amazon isn’t going to stop you. (I’ve even seen published reports that Netflix will be available alongside Twitter and Facebook.)

Now, all else being equal (screen, processor, etc, and, ahem, price, 😉 ), which would you prefer? An open Android tablet or a locked ebook reader with tablet features?

Fire’s early accepance and hype now has B&N under pressure to unlock the Encore and Acclaim and compete openly for ebook sales on their ebook “tablets”. Personally, I hope they accept the challenge and give Fire a run for my money, but if they don’t they’ll have to add a *lot* of value in software or take the price even lower.
(How feasible would it be for Encore to be NookColor at $150?)

]]> By: Peter https://the-digital-reader.com/2011/10/04/amazon-selling-50k-kindle-fires-a-day/#comment-28756 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:12:44 +0000 http://the-digital-reader.com/?p=25050#comment-28756 I actually thought this was a little low. I was expecting an instantaneous sellout.

Here’s a big part of what is driving this:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=amazon+fire&_sacat=See-All-Categories

BRAND NEW AMAZON KINDLE 4 FIRE- WiFi – ONLY-PRE-ORDER
7 inch Android!!sold over 4000+ to 75+ countries!!

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It’s basically an arbitrage sale: order a Kindle Fire and sell it at a $20-$30 markup for parts/rooting in international markets where they aren’t currently available.

Since it is well known that they only have 4 million units the laws of supply and demand should allow ebay resellers to make quite a tidy profit.

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