{"id":6112,"date":"2007-11-21T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/rekindle.html"},"modified":"2007-11-21T20:44:49","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T20:44:49","slug":"rekindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/security\/rekindle.html","title":{"rendered":"Re-Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"I may have really screwed this prediction up. You remember yesterday when I said<\/a> nobody wants the Kindle, the e-book reader from Amazon. Well apparently Amazon has announced today that they sold out of the units in stock. Normally this would mean I am way off with my prediction from about 24 hours earlier. The only catch? Amazon won’t say how many devices they had to begin with.<\/div>\n
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It is obvious the company is embarrassed to tell us the real number they sold out of so either two things are at play here.<\/div>\n
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1)      <\/span>The early adopters purchased one of these and sales will slow down once the units are back in stock<\/div>\n
2)      <\/span>I am so wrong on this call and will be apologizing to my readers (and Jeff Bezos) soon.<\/div>\n
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Why do I think this device is a stupid idea without even seeing it? I am not sure really. Perhaps because it isn’t as functional as a cell phone or PDA? Perhaps because it seems to be a product which does less for consumers – not more. Perhaps because e-book readers have been around for a while and haven’t caught on?<\/div>\n
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Could I be wrong on this prediction? Yes. But Amazon not releasing numbers is not really such a good sign. Apparently someone at the leading online retailer didn’t think too highly about the demand for this product either.<\/div>\n
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