I’m clearly not the only one tempted to get a Fire over christmas. According to amazon (via this piece on Mashable) Kindle Fire sold 1m units. The iPad still seems so expensive but it is encouraging that, at last, there are some real alternatives in the market and the ridiculous Apple price matching game seems to be falling away.

$699 for a Playbook anyone? Anyone? Even the formerly bullish, RIM are onto this, dropping the price of their top end model to $299 today. Amazon’s $199 price point and their compelling content/retail proposition are bound to make the tablet market flourish.

I’ll certainly invest in one to keep the family off my iPad, even with a couple of poor reviews. The unboxing photos on Mashable even included an app crash error message. Oops.