Amazon Unveils it's $199 Kindle Fire Tablet

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Matt, I hope you find what you're looking for. There are some new and shiney tablets coming. The Asus Slider looks nice.

EDIT: Ooops, sorry...just remembered this is the KINDLE FIRE thread!

Well, deb there is a deal today at Newegg on the 16GB Transformer so I bit -- tablet+dock for $399:

Newegg.com - ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (TF101-A1) Tablet NVIDIA Tegra 2 10.1" Wide SVGA 1GB DDR2 Memory 16GB Flash HDD NVIDIA ULP GeForce

I would have preferred the Slider form factor (it's like a GIANT Droid!) -- but the two tablets are somewhat comparable in size and weight (with the dock attached to the Transformer). CORRECTION: the Slider is 1.95lbs, the Transformer 1.49lbs alone or 3lbs with dock. That just made all the extras on the Transformer (battery, ports, touchpad) that much more appealing:

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer vs ASUS Eee Pad Slider: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Well, I got my new-and-shiny (or soon will). It's a good thing I liquidated my gTab back in August.

Hope everyone is having a peaceful weekend!

-Matt