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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Kindle Sales Figures : Pushing the iPad huh ???

Holiday season 2011 is almost underway and one product that is creating furore is Amazon's eReader : Kindle.!!

But how many Kindles is Amazon exactly selling .... Recently Amazon declared the numbers : For the 3rd week in a row , Amazon posted on its website that it is selling over 1 Million Kindles per week.
[http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/15/technology/amazon_kindle_sales/?source=cnn_bin]

However , the Kindle products range from USD 99 to the Kindle Fire , USD 199 . Kindle Fire , is seen as a competitor to the iPad by many Industry Analysts. Amazon , hasnot revealed exact number of Fire s it is selling , but , if industry trends are to be benchmarked , it is spreading some fire ....

Lets see what Google Trends is giving for Kindle Fire and iPad ::

iPad in December 2011  on Google Trends :



Kindle Fire in December 2011 on Google Trends :



Amazing isn't it ? Search Index for Kindle Fire is averaging at 60 where as iPad is way behind at 7.5..No Doubt, all the fuss about Kindle Fire is not coming from thin air. It is indeed unsurping Apples breakthrough product iPad in popularity .. Will it also topple iPad in real sales.... Well , we will soon know the numbers at FY End.............But , Kindly may just bite into iPad's Lion Share in Tablet PCs in a significant way .....
Let's WATCH OUT :)

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