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The last time I checked on MCM electronics website, they were selling it for $35

On this basis:

A photo-sharing service can patent "announcing a picture upload on a social website". A location service can patent "announcing a check-in on a social website" A restaurant review service can patent "announcing a restaurant rating on a social website"

It might actually help more such "ridiculous" patents being granted. Eventually, the non-tech crowd will be affected and the whole system will be brought into question.

I would like to see it taken a step further. While devices could have SoC to act standalone, Operating Systems should be able to utilize both the SoCs (the one on host Device and one on the docked device) to expand its computing power, besides sharing state and data

Philanthropy or Strategy?

I have the exact same habit and have been criticized for that by anyone reading my screen at the same time

Custom domains are free too.. I am pleasantly suprised

Good for KC. Here, 3 blocks from Empire State building in Midtown Manhattan, the max I can get is 10/2 from TWC. FiOS is still negotiating with building authorities.

Oracle is funny.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/oracle-nosql-da...

Add bluetooth to the dongle and add a wireless keyboard/mouse for $25

Also, they think that if Android users follow them, they will start receiving their instagram shots in their feed

The bankers will pack up for the day and play golf; no real impact.

Whose in re-writing lot of software?

I am not :)

I don't own a playbook, but did play around with it in a best buy. I don't think it beats iPad either and the price tag back then was not justified.

Also, agreed the hardware is not exactly same, though my reference was more to the processor, RAM, etc that contribute to performance. But am definitely sure those 2 cameras and a microphone are not worth the extra $300

The author is in general fixated to love anything Apple and "hate" anything Android (rightly for the usability reasons). He prefers not to develop an Android version of his superhit app 'Instapaper', while every other iPhone only app is now being migrated to Android. With such bias, I was not expecting a fair review from him.

However, let's face it, if like phones, Android picks up on Tablets, cheap or expensive, Amazon or Google, market would have its say. 35-40 million current owners of iPad are just a fraction of world population who want to own a Tablet.

Btw, I have been playing with my Fire since a couple of days. Yes, there is a little lag during transitions, especially orientation changes, probably due to Android 2.2's lack of hardware accelerated graphics, but using various apps was easy and video streaming on Netflix and Prime was neat. Pulse, HuffPo, Kindle and Amazon's other default apps were smooth.

However, Silk gave me trouble when I chose the Desktop view for websites, with "Accelerated Page Loading" on. I got script not running errors when I loaded my the browser with tabs from gmail, facebook and g+

It is an absolute value for money and yes in that sense, especially when you think it gives you the same hardware and a much better experience than playbook.

I would venture to say that Kindle Fire just might be the trigger towards the end of the era of iPad dominance.