This is an interesting development as a low-cost high technology tablet:

Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/amazon-unveils-199-kindle-fire-tablet.html

QUOTE: The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch display and sell for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s cheapest iPad, Amazon executives said in interviews with Bloomberg Businessweek. The device, a souped-up version of the Kindle electronic-book reader, will run on Google Inc.’s Android software, the Seattle-based company said. Amazon also introduced a touch-screen version of its e-reader, to be called Kindle Touch.