Amazon takes on Apple, Kindle Fire Tablet announced

It looks like we may have an alternative to the iPad after all.  Many have tried, all have failed to this point to provide a true alternative to the iPad.  Amazon is next up and they may have a winner.  Of course, we will see when it is actually for sale.  They may have a winner for one simple reason, price, $199.  There is a downsize to the cheaper price, no camera, GPS, bluetooth and a smaller screen.  However, most people aren't taking pictures with a tablet camera, your smartphone has GPS, very little bluetooth users exist outside of cell phone headsets and the smaller screen isnt that much smaller.  For $199, it does enough to make you seriously consider buying it.  All the other have failed for one simple reason, they cost as much as the iPad, but weren't as good.  If you are faced with two choices, the same price, you buy the better one.  If you have two choices and one is considerable cheaper than the second and does enough of what you want, you may buy that.  I always thought if anyone could take on Apple it would be Amazon, seems like they are stepping up to the challenge.