Ads on a tablet? How Amazon could upend the market - GeekWire

Tomorrow's rekindling event promises to be interesting

"But it might be even more interesting if Amazon were to use the ad-supported model on a larger Kindle Fire, offering a true alternative to the iPad at a considerably lower price, at least for people willing to put up with a few advertisements.
I have one of the ad-supported Kindles, and in my view, at least, the advertisements don’t do anything to diminish the experience of using the device. At the risk of warming Jeff Bezos’ heart, at times the ads have actually alerted me to deals or products that I was happy to learn about."

Ads on a tablet? How Amazon could upend the market - GeekWire