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Codebreaker

Kindle Fire gets a jab

John Moe Oct 3, 2011

On Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment, Seth Meyers mentioned the Kindle Fire, the $199 tablet computer Amazon introduced last week. “It’s expected to sell well among parents who always buy the wrong thing,” said Meyers.

It’s like when your mom bought the K-Mart sneakers instead of those sweet Air Jordans.
Not that I’m bitter, MOM!

Here’s an embedded video that has an annoying commercial at the beginning and is likely to big for this screen.

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