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Sep 7, 2012 2 hr 8 min

Episode 84: 84: Spared No Expense

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon's new Kindle and Kindle Fire products. Is Amazon Apple's most dangerous competitor, or are the two companies not really in competition at all? Who is Amazon's ideal customer? Finally, John and Dan make their predictions for next week's Apple press event. Links for this episode: Amazon shows off Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE for $499, WiFi for $299 - Ars Technica Kindle Fire’s 4G package offers 250MB of data a month for $50 a year - Ars Technica Amazon’s new $119 Kindle Paperwhite e-reader comes with front-lit screen - Ars Technica Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G - Amazon.com Kindle Fire HD 8.9" - Amazon.com Kindle Fire HD - Amazon.com Kindle Fire - Amazon.com Kindle Paperwhite - Amazon.com Kindle - Amazon.com How to Store Batteries - Battery University How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University Amazon FreeTime Gives Parents More Control Over What Kids Watch iOS Version History Chart Volume of the iPhone 4S vs. the (rumored) iPhone 5 - iamconcise.com Live Updates From Amazon's Press Event - NYTimes.com IMDb: Internet Movie Database - Wikipedia Sponsored by Hover (use coupon DANSENTME for 10% off), Squarespace (use coupon DANSENTME9 for 10% off), and Sourcebits

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