Kindle DX : Kindle price crash
Category World | Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010It has been a matter of much speculation that the Apple iPad means the death of the dedicated ebook reader. Why bother to use a cut-down piece of hardware when you can use a general-purpose touch-screen tablet. You only need to carry one machine and you get color and lots of power.
There is always one good reason for choosing one piece of hardware over another – price. Amazon announced (21 June) that their smallest Kindle, with a 6″ screen, now retails for $189 – down from $259. When it was first introduced the Kindle sold for $400, a price that the 9.7″ Kindle DX ($489) now exceeds.