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July 14, 2011 09:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jOd6G9jb0gA/Amazon-Plans-iPad-Competitor-and-2-New-Kindles
Amazon Plans iPad Competitor (and 2 New Kindles)
destinyland writes "Some time in the next 10 weeks, Amazon will release a new Android tablet device, which will compete directly with Apple's iPad, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon hopes to leverage the digital content they've already made available online — digital video, music, and ebooks, as well as their new app store for Android devices. The device will ship without a built-in camera, prompting one tablet watcher to report that 'it feels like Amazon is trying to strip it down and bring it in at the lowest cost possible.' Amazon will also release two new versions of the Kindle — one with a touch screen, and one at a lower price." Now if only they'd make it a proper e-reader by including a Pixel Qi (or similar) daylight-readable screen, I'd be sold.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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