December 22, 2010
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We’re all familiar with Amazon’s amazing Kindle applications for various mobile platforms and we’re also familiar with the hardware device, Amazon’s e-reader which is also called Kindle. In recent times, we’ve seen a handsome gain in popularity for Kindle apps and hardware alike, and now as the year 2010 comes to an end, we feel that Kindle has gained a lot of popularity specifically in this year, something which a new report suggests by putting the expected sales figures for this year at a staggering 8 million units.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek states that Amazon had sold 2.4 million Kindle devices in 2009, and if these numbers are treated as accurate, then this inevitably boils down to the fact that Kindle device’s sales have grown three-fold in just one year.
However, the company is known for being secretive about the sales of Kindle, it was revealed that the Kindle 3 was by far the fastest selling Kindle device, even then no actual figures were released so as to provide that claim a substantial evidence, then again, for Amazon to keep the numbers to itself just might have a valid strategic reason, to the company.
The latest Kindle device was launched earlier this year, and it was much better in terms of performance and size, and it came with an affordable price tag of $139, which just might be the sole reason why the Kindle sales took off.
2011 is just around the corner, and the competition the e-readers arena is getting stronger, let us see what the new year yields for these companies, and in particular, the Amazon Kindle.
Via Mashable
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