In a move that would likely accelerate the already rapid adoption of tablet computers, Amazon is reportedly developing a $99 Kindle Fire. “At a price that low, the Kindle Fire would be able
to more easily compete at the tail end of the Android-based tablet market,” TechCrunch writes. “While a $99 price may seem extraordinary, IDC research director on tablets, Tom Mainelli,
says that such a thing actually sounds reasonable.”