Today Amazon announced that the Kindle Fire is all sold out, which is cleverly convenient considering there’s an Amazon event next Thursday. We’re anticipating new Kindle Fires in a bunch of different flavors. So what might Bezos & Co. drop on us next week? How Many Kindles? Staples’ U.S. retail chief Demos Parneros recently said Amazon was prepping “five or six” new tablets. What that likely means—if there’s any basis to it at all—is several storage options in two different sizes. So theoretically, a 7-inch Kindle Fire with 8GB, another with 16GB, and another with 32GB, as well as a 10-inch Fire with those same configurations. Read the full story at Gizmodo.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.