Geek Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amazon-tablet.jpeg" alt="Amazon Tablet, the Amazon Kindle" title="Amazon Tablet, the Amazon Kindle" width="560" height="317" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20891" /></p> <p>Another <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> competitor is about to enter the stage this holiday season, this time from none other than Amazon. Apparently it’ll just be called “Amazon Kindle”, and while the name isn’t too groundbreaking the preliminary info and specs of the prototype <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/">that TechCrunch’s MG Siegler used</a> are quite interesting:</p> <ul> <li>7″ touch screen display</li> <li>Exterior looks like a Blackberry Playbook (no images have surfaced yet)</li> <li>6GB of internal storage</li> <li>Single Core CPU</li> <li>Wi-Fi equipped</li> <li>Micro-USB port</li> <li>Dual speakers</li> <li>Runs custom forked build of Android OS</li> <li>Includes a WebKit based web browser, Cover Flow-like user interface to flip through content, a Dock for apps and favorite items</li> <li>Integrated Amazon access to Amazon Store, Kindle books, music through Amazon Cloud Player, video streaming, and Amazon’s Android Appstore</li> <li>Free Amazon Prime account with purchase</li> <li>$250 price point</li> </ul> <p>A few other interesting notes from the TechCrunch scoop: a second 10″ model will probably come out next year in early 2012, possibly with a dual core CPU and some other expanded features, there may be an SD card slot, and Amazon apparently isn’t working with Google whatsoever on the device, despite the fact that it runs a variation of the Android OS and all Android apps will run on the hardware:</p> <blockquote><p>Google’s Android Market is nowhere to be found. In fact, no Google app is anywhere to be found. This is Android fully forked. My understanding is that the Kindle OS was built on top of some version of Android prior to 2.2. And Amazon will keep building on top of that of that over time. In other words, this won’t be getting “Honeycomb” or “Ice Cream Sandwich” — or if it does, users will never know it because that will only be the underpinnings of the OS. Any visual changes will be all Amazon.</p></blockquote> <p>I’m a big fan of the iPad and of the Kindle, so I’m pretty interested to see what Amazon puts out and how well it runs, and the $250 price point with free Amazon Prime access will be really compelling to a lot of people. Amazon could really be onto something here, but the big question is if they will succeed where so many others have failed in the fight to compete with Apple’s runaway hit, the iPad.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqYzvICBn77ejElAJ8UZJCD5F9Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqYzvICBn77ejElAJ8UZJCD5F9Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqYzvICBn77ejElAJ8UZJCD5F9Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqYzvICBn77ejElAJ8UZJCD5F9Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kctnm1W32GM:7YpsJTcbAVE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/kctnm1W32GM" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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