On Nov 30, 2015 8:27 AM, "Nick Doiron" <<a href="mailto:ndoiron@mapmeld.com">ndoiron@mapmeld.com</a>> wrote: > The tablet will return to the cheap price from time to time, and get cheaper in the long run as it is mass produced. I would not make the assumption that hardware costs are retail price are so correlated. Anybody is free to invest in AMZN shares if they believe Amazon can successfully achieve such global lock-in! Certainly it's time for "pure Android" to face some competitive pressure: unless one own shares in GOOG, Android was not in fact appointed by the pope & Allah & God herself to save the masses from themselves. On the bright side, Amzn's casino-style marketing engine dangling Christmas candy in front of us Helpless Americans (much like ChromeOS laptops less than $100, and new Chinese/India forks of Android) will surely bring affordable diversity among QA'd clean devices to the developing world, so long overdue, Eventually (will a little help from Confucius & Hindu Gods!)