Kindle Fire sales stronger than analysts expected

Amazon's Q4 earnings report may reveal more on Tuesday

Amazon will announce fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday on the heels of what analysts called stronger-than-expected fourth quarter Kindle Fire tablet sales.

Amazon sold 6 million of the $199 Kindle Fire in the fourth quarter, a Stifel Nicolaus analyst said in a recent note after earlier predicting 5 million Kindle Fire sales for the period. Recently, a Barclays analyst upped his estimate for the quarter to 5.5 million units sold, a million more than the initial prediction for the period.

Amazon has not historically announced sales for a specific device, and is not likely to do so tomorrow. Apple last week said it had sold 15.4 million iPad tablets in the last quarter, more than double the number it sold for the same period in 2010. The iPad starts at $499.

Strategy Analytics last week said all kinds of Android tablets, including the Kindle Fire and a variety of Galaxy Tablets from Samsung, sold 10.5 million units in the fourth quarter, garnering almost 39.1% of the tablet market. That compares to Apple's share of nearly 58%.

Tablet details

Tablet

Mfr.

OS

Screen size

Internet connectivity

3G/4G carrier

Storage

Weight

Processor

Start price ($US)

Ship date/est. ship date

Notes

Acer 10-in. MeeGo tablet

Acer

MeeGo

10 in.

Intel Atom

12/01/11

Part of Acer's Iconia "M Series." Shipping end of 2011.

Nook tablet

 Barnes & Noble

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi

16GB built-in; MicroSD slot for up to 32GB

0.8 lb.

1GHz TI OMAP4 dual-core processor

249

11/18/11

Running 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Kindle Fire

 Amazon

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi

 8GB

 0.91 lb.

 1GHz dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP

199

 11/15/11

 No camera or mic; free cloud backup

Latitude ST business tablet

 Dell

 Windows 7

 10.1 in.

Wi-Fi, 3G optional

128GB

 1.8 lbs.

 11/01/11
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

 Samsung

 Android

 7 in.

 HSPA+, HSPA, EDGE, GPRS and Wi-Fi

 Unknown

16GB or 32GB

 0.75 lb.

 1.2 GHz dual-core processors

 10/30/11

 Available in Indonesia, Austria, in late October, then gradual rollout in other countries, including U.S.

IdeaPad

 Lenovo

 Android

 7 in.

 up to 32G internal; MicroSD and micro USB slots

 0.88 lb.

 ARM single-core Cortex-A8

 199

 9/30/11
ThinkPad Tablet

 Lenovo

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB

 1.65 lbs.

 Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processors

 479

 8/31/11

 Available in August; Model with digitizer touch pen is $509; 3G version coming later

Iconia Tab A100

 Acer

 Android

 7 in.

 0.9 lb.

 Dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2

 329

 8/12/11

 Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)

IdeaPad Tablet K1

 Lenovo

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 32GB

 1.65 lbs.

 Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processors

 500

 8/11/11

 Available in U.S. sometime in August 2011; outside U.S. later in the year

Cius

 Cisco

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi/3G/4G

 Verizon

 32GB + microSD

 1.5 lbs.

 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z615

 705

 7/31/11

 Runs older Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS; will be updated to 3.0 Honeycomb but unclear when

WindPad Enjoy 7

 MSI

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi

 4GB + microSD

 0.87 lb.

 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8

 199

 7/29/11

 Running 2.3 Gingerbread

WindPad Enjoy 10

 MSI

 Android

 10 in.

 Wi-Fi

 4GB + microSD

 1.7 lbs.

 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8

 299

 7/29/11

 Running 2.3 Gingerbread

Thrive

 Toshiba

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 8GB, 16GB or 32GB

 1.6 lbs.

 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2

 429

 7/10/11

 Runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb; has removable battery pack

TouchPad

 HP

 webOS

 9.7 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB or 32GB

 1.6 lbs.

 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon

 500

 7/1/11

 AT&T 3G version due this summer

Galaxy Tab 10.1-in.

 Samsung

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB or 32GB

 1GHz dual-core

 599

 6/8/11

 Includes enterprise mobile mgmt. software

Stylistic Q550 Slate PC

 Fujitsu

 Windows 7

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 30GB or 62GB

 1.7 lbs.

 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z670 (Oak Trail)

 729

 6/1/11
BlackBerry PlayBook

 RIM

 BlackBerry

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB, 32GB or 64GB

 0.9 lb.

 1GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4430

 499

 4/19/11

 3G/4G connectivity from Sprint, Verizon & AT&T promised for summer

iPad 2

 Apple

 iOS

 9.7 in.

 Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi/3G

 AT&T, Verizon

 16GB, 32GB or 64GB

 1.33 lbs.

 1GHz dual-core Apple A5

 499

 3/11/11
Xoom

 Motorola

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi/3G

 Verizon

 32GB + microSD

 1.56 lbs.

 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2

 600

 2/24/11

 First tablet to run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) OS

Archos 70 Internet Tablet

 Archos

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi

 8GB or 250GB

 0.71 lb.

 1GHz ARM Cortex A8

 300

 12/29/10

 Runs older Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS

Archos 101 Internet Tablet

 Archos

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB

 1.15 lbs.

 1GHz ARM Cortex A8

 350

 11/22/10

 Runs older Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS

Galaxy Tab 7-in.

 Samsung

 Android

 7 in.

 Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi/3G

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Verizon

 16GB + microSD

 0.88 lb.

 1GHz single-core Cortex-A8

 359

 11/15/10

 Runs older Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS

Slate 500

 HP

 Windows 7

 8.9 in.

 Wi-Fi

 64GB

 1.5 lbs.

 1.68GHz single-core Intel Atom Z540

 799

 10/21/10
Galaxy Tab 8.9-in.

 Samsung

 Android

 8.9 in.

 Wi-Fi

 16GB or 32GB

 1.04 lbs.

 1GHz dual-core

 469

 Est. to ship early summer 2011. Includes enterprise mobile mgmt. software

MediaPad

 Huawei

 Android

 7 in.

 0.86 lbs.

 1.2Ghz dual-core Qualcomm

 Shipping in U.S. in Q4 2011, running Android 3.2

HP 4G TouchPad

 HP

 webOS

 Wi-Fi/4G

 AT&T

 32GB

 1.5GHz Snapdragon QSD8672
Eee Pad Transformer Prime

 Asus

 Android

 10 in.

 32GB or 64GB

1.29 lbs.

 Nvidia quad-core Tegra 3

 Will ship with Android 3.2, but will upgrade to Android 4.0. Will ship sometime in December.

WindPad 100A

 MSI

 Android

 10 in.

 Wi-Fi

 up to 32GB

 1.6 lbs.

 Dual-core ARM

 1GB RAM

WindPad 110W

 MSI

 Windows 7

 Wi-Fi

 up to 64GB

 1.87 lbs.

 AMD Fusion

 2GB RAM

ViewPad 10Pro

 ViewSonic

 Windows 7, Android

 10 in.

 30GB or 62GB

 1.76 lbs.

 Atom Z670 (Oak Trail)

 699

 On sale in Taiwan in June

ViewPad 7x

 ViewSonic

 Android

 7 in.

 0.84 lb.

 Shipping in July in Taiwan

Padfone

 Asus

 Android

 Combination phone and tablet. No word on ship date.

AT200

 Toshiba

 Android

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 microSD cards, micro-USB port

 1.2 lbs.

 dual-core 1.2GHz

 0.3-in thick, shipping in Q4

Note

 Samsung

 Android

 5.3 in.

 LET, HSPA+, NFC

 16G or 32G

 0.39 lb.

 dual-core 1.4GHZ

 Users can write on Super Amoled screen with digital S pen. Has 1G RAM, 8M HD camera

Galaxy Tab 7.7

 Samsung

 Android

 7.7 in.

 LTE, GSPA

 0.74 lb.

 dual-core 1.4GHz

 Super Amoled screen

IdeaPad Tablet P1

 Lenovo

 Windows 7

 10.1 in.

 Wi-Fi

 Not given

 1.75 lbs.

 1.5GHz Intel chip

 Pricing not announced; available in Q4

Slate 2

 HP

 Windows 7

 8.9 in.

 Wi-Fi

 32GB

 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z670

 699
Tablet S and Tablet P

 Sony

 Android

 9.4 in. for S1, dual 5.5-in. screens for S2

 Wi-Fi and 3G

 16G or 32G

 372 to 625 grams

 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2

 Wi-Fi only shipping in Europe in Sept.; 3G in November; 20.6mm thick

Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His e-mail address is mhamblen@computerworld.com.

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