Reports released by ComScore told us that Amazon Kindle Fire now accounts for more than 50 percent of Android market in the US market. For Google, this is certainly a disappointing development, because a fork of Android and an alternative to Google Play store is dominating the US tablet market.
Kindle Fire has doubled its market share to 54.4 percent in February 2012, from 29.4 percent in December 2011. Also at the same month, various Galaxy Tab models combined took the second place at 15.4 percent, followed by tablets released by Motorola, Asus and Toshiba. US consumers can get a variety of tablets in market from the tiny Dell Streak with 5” display to the giant Excite 13 with 13” display.
Previous rumors told us that Amazon developed a 10” tablet along with the 7” Kindle Fire, but so far, there’s no sign that Amazon will launch such a thing. Google is working on an affordable 7” tablet and it will directly compete with Amazon’s offering. Overall, Amazon Kindle Fire provides a more restricted environment compared to other Android tablets, but the low $199 price tag is often cited as the major factor for its success.
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