Here is an excerpt from an article at Marketwatch.com.
Read more here:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazoncom-may-unveil-tablet-this-week-2011-09-25?link=MW_story_popular
Amazon.com Inc. has slated a news conference for Wednesday, and media speculation focuses on the prospect that the Internet retailing major will unveil a tablet computer to compete with Apple Inc.’s market-dominating iPad.
A new Kindle tablet would combine the retailer’s prominent electronic-book reader with connection to Amazon’sAMZN +0.17% offerings of MP3 music and digital videos.
And the media talk says the tablet will run on Google Inc.’s GOOG +0.93% Android operating system, which means access to the Android applications at Amazon’s app store.
The Wall Street Journal’s sources say the new tablet will have a roughly 9-inch screen; other reports say a 7-inch or 10-inch display is likely.
Early this month, TechCrunch.com reported that the Kindle tablet will have a 7-inch full-color screen and start at $250, half the cost of the cheapest iPad. Other analysts talk about $300 or less, reports say.
Read more here:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazoncom-may-unveil-tablet-this-week-2011-09-25?link=MW_story_popular
