|
Amazon wants to start giving away its Kindle electronic reader to thwart the threat posed by Apple's new iPad, according to a report Friday by the influential technology site TechCrunch.com. The report said that Amazon would start by providing the $259 device to subscribers of Amazon Prime, a $79 per year service that gives customers free two-day shipping on everything they buy from the web retail giant. The report said that Amazon believes that it can make money on the giveaway because its best customers would buy enough products to make up for the free device over a few years, especially when the company is able to bring production costs down. Apple announced its iPad tablet computer last last month. The iPad, which is optimised for web browsing, entertainment and electronic book reading, will go on sale in March with prices ranging from $499 to $829. |
Tags: Amazon , Kindle , Apple , iPad
Mixx
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
delicious
reddit
MySpace
StumbleUpon
LinkedIn
Apple says U.S. e-book lawsuit 'fundamentally flawed'
Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books, calling the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit a "fundamentally flawed" ...
Apple, publishers must face consumers' e-book suit
Apple denies involvement in e-book price fixing
US accuses Apple, publishers of e-book price fixing
Amazon adds multimedia support to Kindle for Android and iOS
Amazon updates Kindle for iPad to support Retina Display
Twitter for iOS and Android gets updated, gets Kindle Fire support
The latest "should they-shouldn't they" event with Facebook is the lift of the minimu...
Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order
Apple celebrated the iPod's 10th birthday recently. Here's a...
Preview: Cowon D3 Plenue - For Audiophiles and Android Lovers?
With Android as it's OS and audio settings to beat the best of the...
By Shayne Rana
The Evolution of Portable Video
Video playback in portable devices has come a long way, undergoing changes
Nokia PureLamda running WP 8.0 pops up on WP Bench app
Tushar Bhaware
Sat May 26, 14:35:15
Facebook rumoured to buy Opera and launch browser
Dinny Peter
Sat May 26, 14:14:11
Amir Ranjan
Sat May 26, 14:06:26
_011517074205_160x90.jpg "Epson Stylus Photo R3000")
Sony to roll-out ICS update next week,...
BlackBerry Curve 9320 announced in India...
Dell Latitude 10, first Windows 8 tablet...
Google Nexus tablet to be unveiled at...
About Us | Site Profile | Tech2 Team | IBNLive News | IBNLive Hindi News | Cricket News | Indian Stock Market | Policy | T & C
Copyright © 2011, Tech2.com India - A Network 18 India Venture
