Amazon’s new tablet is arriving
In November this year Amazon.com Inc plans to sell a cheaper, smaller $250 tablet which may be a rival to Apple’s iPad tablet device.
Sporting a back-lit 7-inch screen -- smaller than the iPad's the device is geared toward playing music and movies off the Internet. Although there is another source which says that the Amazon tablet will have a 9-inch screen.
Some blogs wrote that Amazon going to offer Amazon Prime -- its $79-a-year Internet streaming service -- for free along with the gadget.
Amazon did not respond to requests for comment.
The Internet retailer's first entry in the tablet computing arena -- its Kindle functions more like an electronic-book reader -- has been touted as a strong contender to Apple, whose cheapest tablet goes for $499.
Amazon’s new tablet is averred to be having color LCD touch panel instead of the conventional black & white E-ink panel which is the trademark of Amazon’s Kindle. There is also a rumor stating that the new tablet would have E-ink’s fringe field switching technology (LCD). However this stunning featured tablet is in no way halting the production and sales of Amazon’s Kindle.
Analysts have been upbeat on Amazon's gadget, particularly if it beats the iPad on price. It may sell as many as 5 million tablets in the fourth quarter, becoming the top rival to Apple.
Apple sells between 7 to 9 million tablets a quarter.
The upcoming tablet, running an operating system developed from an older version of Google Inc's Android software, will be Wi-Fi only and come with a color touchscreen but a limited 6GB of memory.
The tablet's main screen features a carousel that spins between a book-reader, a music player, movie player and other applications.
A 10-inch of Amazon tablet version may arrive 2012 if the 7-inch device sells well, the blog added without citing a source.
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