[srdev]

Has that been confirmed? I've heard anywhere from $5 to $50, and its always been from analysists trying to estimate the cost from parts. As far as I know, the only people who really know how much the Kindle costs to make are Amazon.

[cas]

This piece gives a run down of all the analysts claims, with some calculating a $50 profit instead but as you can imagine none of it is substantiated.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20114722-93/amazon-kindle-f...

[srdev]

Interesting. To summarize, it looks like the $50 loss comes from an analyst comparing it to the iPad, whereas the $50 profit claim comes from a firm comparing it to the more-similar BlackBerry Playbook. The research firm that did a tear-down estimated it at about a $10 loss.

In other words, no-one really knows, but it looks like they're probably closer to breaking even than chugger claims. Chugger is taking the worst-case estimate here, and also the one that seems the most unsubstantiated.

Thanks for the link.

[0x12]

chugger == troll. A good one, but still a troll.

http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=chugger