Matt Hamblen spreads rumors from a New York Times blogger in Computerworld:
Amazon.com is reportedly considering building prototypes of gadgets other than its Kindle e-reader.
Because the Kindle is such a sales success. How many Kindles have been sold? No one knows and Amazon won’t say. Analyst Jack Gold:
If all Amazon is doing is making a gadget to sell, why would they not just resell all the other devices available on the market from all the vendors that want to sell in the Amazon marketplace? But having a gadget plus services makes sense, following the Kindle example.
Because the Kindle has been such a huge success, 10 years after the iPod Amazon should get into the portable media player business. Uh huh. right.