So Far, More Than 50,000 Kindle Fire Pre-Orders Per Day 291
An anonymous reader writes "Leaked screens from Amazon's internal stock monitoring and assignment system (Alaska) has revealed just how popular the Kindle Fire tablet is already. In just 5 days of being up for pre-order there have been 250,000 reserved. That's more than 50,000 per day or 2,000 sold every hour. If that continues to launch day Amazon will need to have 2.5 million ready to ship to meet demand. To put that in context, the original iPad managed to ship 1 million in its first month."
The key phrase seems to be "if this level of consumer demand continues" — but given the success of the e-ink Kindle line, that might not be crazy. Do you want one, or not?
Re:50,000 a day? (Score:5, Insightful)
This device, at $200, can actually give people on limited budgets an entry way to using the internet the way more well-heeled people do. They can stream media, read ebooks, store music in the cloud, access the internet - it's hard to even find a decent netbook at $200, or at least one that performs well at all these tasks.
It could be something that allows the lower income into the web today, instead of the web as it was 5-10 years ago.
Re:50,000 a day? (Score:5, Insightful)
Because most people have a job. And $200 is not bank breaking for a lot of people. And because they don't give a shit about a walled garden.
Re:50,000 a day? (Score:2, Insightful)
That walled garden escalates the total cost of ownership for the thing. It increases what you would otherwise pay for the same content.
The initial $200 may not "break the bank", but the content acquisition model will make things more expensive forever after.
That said: $200 is certainly a better teaser price point than $600.
Re:Right product, right price (Score:5, Insightful)
Heh, I think half the average consumers for this type of device would be satisfied with a tablet with two functions: a web browser, and Angry Birds. Bonus for a basic MP3 player. Bring that in for around US$125 and you've got a killer product.
Re:50,000 a day? (Score:1, Insightful)
In this economy, a lo
I guess this retarded phrase replaced "Think about the children!" and "Terrorist alert level".
Here's news for you. 10% unemployment means 90% of people that want a job, have a job. And if they want to spend money, they spend money.
Re:A refurbished iPad is $300. (Score:4, Insightful)
I'd rather have a faster tablet with a smaller screen that's easier to carry around, thanks. My wife can fit a 7" tablet in her purse no problem. I carry a 5" Dell Streak with me everywhere and use it as my current Kindle device regularly.
10" tablets are not the be-all and end-all of tablet sizing.