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Amazon tablet arriving this summer?
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there's actually a thread about this in News
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04-21-2011, 11:52 AM | #3 |
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The news piece l linked contains an actual photograph.
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True (note question mark in post title), but I bet it's close based on the source's history. |
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That's part of the problem I have with the story in general: Samsung already has a tablet. They're going to build a tablet and give it to Amazon to sell, to compete with their own? It sounds implausible.
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It's not like they're competing on the content side. |
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If Amazon is, indeed, coming out with a tablet, I don't think they're doing it through Samsung. A mock-up certainly isn't convincing evidence. |
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I just know that I DON'T want an LCD screen. Anyway, it Amazon is working on it Samsung is a natural partner for that job.
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Amazon would need to do the manufacturing equivalent of alchemy to have this make any sense at all, because they'd somehow have to get materials more cheaply than B&N can get them, price the unit lower, and still make a profit on the device. Otherwise, there's no good reason to do this. They can get all the content business they want from the software they have running on other devices. An Amazon logo alone isn't going to make the thing fly off the shelves. If people are looking at the success of the Kindle and thinking it'll translate to the tablet arena, I think they're going to be sorely disappointed. Barring some alien technology, I don't think there's a way for them to stand out with a tablet. |
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Yes, the image is definitely Photoshopped. Just look at the image on the screen. The Amazon Kindle text is stretched vertically, and even then, it couldn't fill the entire screen.
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