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Amazon Flowing To $233 As Kindle Fire Sizzles, Takes Number Two Tablet Spot
Dec 6th, 2011
iPad has a 66%market share while Kindle grabs 14%. Samsung is down to 5% from 8% in Q3 2011. Motorola Mobility Xoom and RIM's PlayBook will continue to be laggards in the tablet market and don't even feature in the top five brands. (Source: Forbes) -
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