Analyst: Amazon is poised to roll out new 7- and 9-inch versions of the tablet by mid 2012

by Trent Nouveau, TG

Amazon’s wildly popular $200 Kindle Fire tablet is getting about as much traction as the original iPad.

Analyst Jordan Rohan recently estimated that 6 million Kindle Fire tablets have been sold, which puts the device right on par with the rate of sales of Apple’s first iPad.

“Amazon’s device proliferation strategy has broader implications than most appreciate. [For example], tablets including iPad and Kindle Fire are rapidly taking share from [...]