Amazon Says Kindle Fire Is Sold Out
Amazon.com [AMZN
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] said on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet accounts for 22 percent of U.S. tablet sales and that the device is sold out.
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] said on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet accounts for 22 percent of U.S. tablet sales and that the device is sold out.
The tablet hit stores last November at a cost well below that of Apple [AAPL
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Amazon is holding a press event next week in Santa Monica, California, fueling speculation it will launch new tablet devices.
Since the Kindle Fire launch last year, Google [GOOG
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(+0.5%)
] has introduced a seven-inch tablet called Nexus 7, which has been selling well. Barnes & Noble [BKS
11.97
-0.01
(-0.08%)
] Nook Tablet, introduced last autumn, has also been popular.
Amazon
said its Kindle Fire is sold out, but its statement did not say when
the device would be back in stock, nor how many Amazon has sold.
Amazon did not respond immediately for request to comment.
Since
the launch of the tablet last year, Amazon's top-selling products have
all been digital products such as music, videos and movies, Amazon said.
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