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The guys over at Slateare pretty much convinced Amazon will soon be selling Wi-Fi Kindlesfor a mere $99 –and they have logic to back it up. Towards the end of September, Amazon came out with a new batch of Kindles that not only thinner, lighter and smaller than the ones that preceded them, but the Wi-Fi versions were also just $139, the cheapest in the market. They say Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is crazy when it comes to having the best price, and it looks like they’re right — he just refuses to be undersold by any company. More »


From Htcyou: iSuppli is notorious for its bill of materials estimates for popular gadgets. The HTC Droid Incredible, according to iSuppli, which tends to be quite liberal with its figures, has a BoM cost of $163.35. Together with $8.90 for manufacturing, the total is $172.25. More »


The parts of Apple’s 16Gb iPhone 4 have been analyzed by iSuppli and have been found to total $187.51. Two of the most expensive components on the phone are the $28.50 “Retina Display” manufactured by LG and the $10.75 A4 processor made by Samsung. More »


iSuppli is predicting Apple to move 7.1 million iPads by the conclusion of this year. On launch day, America stood still for the tablet, but does it have the staying power to capture the dollars of tens of millions of consumers, or are the 250,000+ who have bought it just the minority that have flocked early to snap up the hype? More »


Manufacturers are in their respective businesses to make money, but some products are designed to be sold in high volume at lower profit margins, while other commodities are not expected to sell in large numbers but at great profits. Here is a breakdown of six mega popular gadgets, their retail prices and actual production costs: More »


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