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2.87 million Kindle Fires sold! Where Brian calls still another one that the analysts missed.

6 million Kindle Fires by Christmas!

So says Goldman Sachs.

"Millions and millions" says Amazon.

DigiTimes predicts 5 million Kindle Fires sold in Q4!

From over a month ago, my published number:

 

My Q4 sales estimate for Kindle Fire

Amazon is suggesting 5 million. My estimate is 2.87 million.

 

Business Insider -- today:

We're estimating Amazon sold ~3 million Fires, which is well below Goldman Sachs's bullish estimate of 6 million units sold for 2011. 

Careful, boys and girls -- and all you pundits who read me, copy me then fail to provide your source. I only make it look easy.