Amazon.com Inc. has battled Apple Inc. over digital books, digital music and mobile applications. Now the two companies are taking their clash to another front: the tablet market.Amazon's sure becoming a major player all around. RTWT.
Amazon plans to release a tablet computer by October, people familiar with the matter said, intensifying its rivalry with Apple's iPad
While Amazon has long offered digital content on its website, it has lacked much of the hardware to go with it. Now the Seattle company hopes customers will use its tablet to buy and rent that content, said people familiar with its thinking.
An Amazon spokesman didn't respond to requests for comment.
Amazon's looming entry into the tablet market, which Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has hinted at in his appearances this year, is the latest example of how technology companies, once focused on a particular segment of the industry, are increasingly jostling one another on multiple fronts.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Amazon to Battle Apple iPad With Tablet
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1. Apple has sold 19 Million+ iPads since Apr '10.
2. Amazon has sold "millions" of Kindles since Nov '07.
Should be interesting, since the new tablet will run a version of Android, in order to reach the market beyond the e-readers, and to justify the Amazon downloads market.
However, my Kindle remains a backup to my iPad.
Cheers
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/amazon-tablet-android/
Not Apple; the target is Google ...
Cheers
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