Amazon's Kindle Fire starting to burn up iPad 2!

When the iPad hit the market, it was quite revolutionary. Everybody was amazed by the new type of sleek, portable, and fun computer; the tablet. All the big technology companies, like Sony, Dell, HP, and Motorola saw opportunity in this tablet, yet somehow, all of their attempts at a tablet failed.

Some say the attempts failed because the companies couldn't make a tablet as sleek as the iPad. Some say the iPad had far more available apps than any of their tablets. But for whatever the reason, none of the companies ever had any more than 1% of consumers in the market for a tablet wanting to purchase theirs.  Even Samsung's Galaxy Tab only had 4% of consumers choosing their tablet. Yes, that's just how big Apple's monopoly on the tablet line is.

But, an unexpected competitor has made a whopping 22% of tablet shoppers choose their tablet: Amazon.

In a recent study with people who are interested in buying a tablet, 68% favored the iPad, 22% favored the Kindle Fire, and 4% favored the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

"The launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire represents a shot across the bow at Apple, who until now has almost completely dominated the tablet space," said ChangeWave, the company who ran the survey.


Apple's iPad 3 could make Apple reassume their monopoly, but for now, Apple's competitor has finally arrived. Finally.