Kindle Fire sales to hit 5m this quarter

Orders for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet computer are reported to be running at 50,000 units per day, prompting analyst JP Morgan to predict sales of between 4.5 and 5m in the first quarter it goes on sale. That's something of a turnaround for the firm, which had dismissed the tablet's chances of making a significant impact because of its price and the fact that it lacked a full set of features. It had dubbed it "an unimpressive stepping stone".