Just saw this today:
Amazon slumps on Kindle Fire worries - MSN Money
I own an Ipad 2 since it came out. I still view it as a large ipod. Fun for games, viewing movies (when able!), and checking email. Took it to Europe this fall and used it extensively there. Is it needed? Hardly. I still prefer any lengthy browsing with any laptop. The lack of a mouse is not replaced by having to pinch and zoom to enable page changes, and even when it does I still prefer IE and windows to Safari. Apple was ahead of everyone else in convincing us that we had to have something that we didn't need. And I don't mean that in a derogatory way.