Will The iPad Force The Kindle DX Price To Fall?
The Apple iPad is due to start shipping at the end of March. There was a lot of fuss when it was originally shown off by Steve Jobs, but this seems to have died down a little bit now. Some pundits are predicting that it will kill of e-book readers in general and the Amazon Kindle in particular. Personally, I find this hard to imagine – the two devices are really quite different and they are offered on different pricing plans – the Kindle has free 3G connectivity whereas the iPad requires a monthly payment for this, which some people won’t like. The worst thing I can think of is that Amazon may need to drop the price of the Kindle DX somewhat – but they would have needed to do this anyway at some point.
