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		josefresco on Oct 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kindle Fire pre-orders exceeding 2,000 per hour Shhh don' tell Apple that who still makes most of their profit from shiny devices. They also sell content, but it's not the biggest slice of their pie. They may be the lone exception, but a large one at that.

ceejayoz on Oct 4, 2011 [–]

I'd say Amazon's the exception, not Apple. HTC, Nokia, Samsung, etc. aren't making money on content.

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