That was my thought. Nexus 7 took everyone by surprise. I finally got my hands on it and was blown away by how much better it was than the cheapo Android 7" tab

That was my thought. Nexus 7 took everyone by surprise. I finally got my hands on it and was blown away by how much better it was than the cheapo Android 7" tablets I've previously used. Nexus 7 came out at IO, 2 months ago. So it's hard to believe Amazon could have done much with the Fire 2 after they saw the Nexus 7 (unless they managed to see it before it came out, unlikely). It would be nice to believe they could independently come up with something as great as Nexus 7, but coming from the baseline of Fire 1, we'll probably have to wait for v3 for the competition to get serious.