• The Washington Post, Friday, September 7, 2012 11:35 AM

With Apple in its crosshairs, Amazon unveiled a series of new Kindle tablets on Thursday. Most remarkable, as The Washington Post reports, is the relatively affordability of the new gadgets. “The new devices were priced aggressively,” WaPo writes. “The company’s first full-fledged tablet with a screen nearly the same size as the newest iPad will cost $200 less.” How does Amazon plan to profit from such a strategy? By an increase in media and ecommerce sales, which it expects the adoption of its new devices to facilitate.
 

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