Amazon Tablet ships Second Half of 2011 according to Supply Chain Rumors

Amazon has been rumored to enter the tablet market for a while. Amazon managed to dominate the eReader market with the Kindle and has the eco-system to compete with Apple on the tablet front as well. Amazon has all the content, it just needs a tablet. Honestly this is really the easy part. All other tablet vendors struggle with the fact that they are not able to offer something similar to iTunes. Apple will also up the ante with the iCloud. Amazon would have what it takes to also offer services that go beyond media.

Amazon operates massive cloud service infrastructures. Amazon already launched the cloud based music locker service.

Digitlmes reports today that rumors in the supply chain say that Quanta got an order from Amazon to make the Amazon tablet. It is expected that the monthly output in the peak season will be 700,000 to 800,000 units. The launch would be in the 2nd half of 2011.

The Amazon Tablet is likely to run Android. Amazon has already launched their own Android app market. It looks like everything is falling into place for Jeff Bezos to compete with Steve Jobs eye-to-eye during this Holiday shopping season. Sorry RIM, Acer, LG, HTC and other tablet makers. Your tablets will sit on store shelves. The Tablet War will be between Amazon and Apple this Holiday Season.

Updates

Apple to launch new iPad in Guam, Philippines on May 29

Source: AppleInsider

Published: 12:01 PM EST (09:01 AM PST) In a quiet update to its Asian iPad page, Apple revealed that Guam and the Philippines would be the next countries to receive the newest version of the popular tablet with ...
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After 2 months, Amazon restores IPG’s Kindle titles

Source: paidContent.org

Two months after Amazon yanked book distributor IPG’s 5,000 titles from the Kindle store in a fight over terms, the two companies have come to an agreement and Amazon has restored the titles. Publishers Lunc ...
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Report: Google Will Launch A Low-Cost, 7-inch Tablet At Its I/O Conference In June

Source: Complex

After years of speculation, Google may finally launch its own tablet this year in the form of a low-cost 7-incher that could debut as soon as next month. The company is rumored to be prepping the tab for a debut at its annual I/O conference, which is ...
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