How Much Will The Kindle Fire Rock Apple's Boat?

Trefis submits: Speculation is rife that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) could soon launch its own tablet [1] to rival Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android based tablets and Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad.

Trefis submits: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has started to aggressively expand the iPad’s retail presence in time for the holiday season.

By Rufus D:There has been lots of news about the Amazon (AMZN) Kindle Fire since it was first announced on September 28th and started shipping in mid-November.

By TechCrunch: By Sarah Perez According to new consumer survey data from ChangeWave Research, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is poised to become the first real competitor to the Apple iPad, with one in five planned tablet buyers (22%) indicating they will purchase the Kindle Fire. This is the first time since the original iPad’s launch that the number two device ever achieved a double-digit percentage in terms of consumer interest.

Amazon began shipping the Kindle Fire on Monday as initial reviews were mixed for the touchscreen tablet computer seen as a potentially strong rival to Apple's market-leading iPad.The Seattle, Washington-based online retail giant had initially planned to ship the Kindle Fire, which at $199 costs less than half the cheapest iPad, on Tuesday but it began sending them to customers a day early.

By Trefis: Six months after acquiring European movie-rental site Lovefilm International Ltd., Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently agree to buy The Book Depository, U.K.’s largest dedicated online bookseller that provides free worldwide delivery of over six million book titles. [1] This acquisition will not only fuel Amazon

Trefis submits: The Kindle 3G page on Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) [1] proudly states that Kindle is Amazon’s number 1 bestseller and has the most 5 star reviews of any product on Amazon.