Did we dismiss kindle fire to soon. Only yesterday we blogged about the lack of a Kindle fire uk release date. Today rumours started to abound that an announcement is imminent. Apparently someone stumbled on a place holder page for the fire on amazon's uk site. This page is now gone but suggests they may have been getting it ready for its release. While in true Amazon fashion they are keeping schtum, but lets be fair most of the people we have access to will only know for sure when we do. It's been long rumoured that the release would be in January but as January evaporated as months tend to do it looked less and less likely, but perhaps they are going to sneak it in before the 1st of February.
Bad news is that its also been rumoured that Amazon has requested less fires be made in readiness for a drop in sales thanks to the rumoured iPad3 in the next few months. While the fact that they are getting ready for reduced sales of a product that has sold very well and has not even been released in europe might seem counter-intuitive it also does not surprise. This is not the first time were corporate decisions are made on a purely American founding.
How this will effect the Kindle touch is also unknown. (As i seem to be the only one who is more eager for the touch than the fire.)
Again if you really really can't wait perhaps you like to buy the kindle keyboard which is currently available for less than 50% of its rrp at spree4.com in the currently live buy now auction. Or the excellent Motorola xoom which you can bid on in our lowest unique bid auctions.
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