I told someone today that I thought that before too long the Kindle was going to be free and used as the engine for delivering e-books. Looks like I wasn’t all that far off.
Amazon is also showing how far it is willing to go to remain a front-runner in the e-reader price wars. The new Kindle is $35 less than Barnes & Noble’s least expensive Nook and $66 less than Sony’s least expensive Reader. It is also several hundred dollars cheaper than an Apple iPad.
“This is really about having a Kindle that’s more affordable,” said Jay Marine, director of Kindle at Amazon.
This isn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it’s on it’s way in that direction. The Kindle’s the razor, you buy the blades.
Amazon to Sell Cheaper Kindle Supported by Ads | via NYTimes.com