Kindle for less than $200?
by Mike, posted on June 21, 2010
When it first arrived in stores, the Kindle was a hot item. It was also an expensive item. That may change now that Amazon has reduced the price from $259 to $189, making the unit available for less than $200. It’s something like the iPhone, which also debuted at an expensive price, only to be reduced by Apple, raising the ire of customers across the globe.
You don’t have to sacrifice functionality in the name of affordability; you can still get 3-G without a contract and without paying a monthly fee. This latest price slash makes reasonably recent technology available to just about anyone. Amazon isn’t just reducing the cost of the Kindle, either. Its own Nook device is now just $149.
With the cost of items such as Kindle, Nook, and even the iPhone going ever downward, it will likely come to pass that a price war of sorts will go on between companies such as Apple and Amazon. It appears that the customers will emerge as the victors in that war.
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