2012
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Amazon's Kindle Fire HD on the left and Google's Nexus 7 on the right.
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CNET)
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HD is off to a good start in the market yet the Nexus 7 remains the tablet to beat, at least in the eyes of mobile ad network Chitika.
Tracking hundreds of millions of ad impressions on its network from September 14 to 18, Chitika compared the Web traffic generated by the the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7.
Only five days after its debut, the Kindle Fire HD had racked up 11 percent of all Kindle Fire ad impressions in the U.S. and Canada. That means the new model is doing nicely in comparison to its predecessor. However, the new Kindle Fire’s initial adoption rate doesn’t quite hold a candle to that of the Nexus 7.
And looking strictly at the share of overall Web traffic, the Fire HD has so far grabbed a 3.5 percent slice, while the Nexus 7 leads with 68.5 percent. Eyeing the two tablets, Chitika believes the Fire HD has a lot of ground to catch up if it’s to make any headway against the Nexus 7.
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Chitika)
That’s certainly a valid point, but not quite a fair comparison since the Nexus 7 has a hefty jump start on the Fire HD.
Google released its tablet mid-July, while the new Fire went on sale a week and a half ago. Tracking … [Read more]
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http://www.tabletpcblog.com/2012/09/kindle-fire-hd-hot-but-google-nexus-7-grabs-more-web-traffic/