It has been reported that Amazon has placed an order with the company Foxconn to build 10 inch versions of the Kindle Fire which by all accounts should be released this summer. DigiTimes had reported that Foxconn received orders for the new device from Amazon and that it could be shipped by the second quarter of this year. It would seem that Amazon has had some success with the Fire, seeing as though they are considering making an upgrade to the Fire so soon. The Apple iPad has sold more than 55 million since 2010 and Amazon hasn’t released any numbers but they did report that they had the best holiday ever for the Kindle devices, including the Fire which was launched in November. Although some estimates have the Kindle Fire selling around 6 million units in the fourth quarter which is quite an achievement since 15 million iPads were sold in the fourth quarter.
