Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holding up the Kindle Fire, which the company says is sold out. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
AMAZON has quenched the Kindle Fire, saying its first tablet computer is now sold out.
The Internet retailer has a major press conference scheduled for next Thursday in Santa Monica, California. It's widely expected to reveal a new model of the Fire there.
Amazon.com launched the $US199 ($192) tablet last November. It was the first Kindle with a colour screen and the ability to run third-party applications, placing it in competition with Apple's iPad.
Amazon doesn't say how many Fires it has sold, but says it captured 22 per cent of US tablet sales over nine months.
That would make it the second-most popular tablet, after the iPad. Based on iPad sales reported by Apple, Fire sales can be estimated at somewhere around 5 million units.
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