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BY YOUYOU ZHOU
ANCHOR JIM FLINK
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An Amazon tablet to rival-- the iPad?
That’s the word from the Wall Street Journal- reporting Amazon’s tablet is due in October.
"The Amazon tablet will have a roughly nine-inch screen, people familiar with the product said, and will run on Google's Android operating system.”
But can Amazon compete in a tablet market dominated by Apple? Bloomberg says, don’t count on it.
"Given the success of Amazon’s Kindle, a tablet seems to be the next logical step. But none of the Android tablets released so far have succeeded in denting iPad’s dominant market share. The iPad still has 97% of tablet web traffic in the US, and 89% worldwide."
TechCrunch’s Matt Burns agrees- saying, the specs just aren’t up to par.
"Nine-inch screen, no camera, and running an unnamed Android release. Doesn't sound like an iPad killer to me."
But an Appolicious blogger points out-- maybe Amazon’s sights aren’t set on Apple.
“Instead of competing with the iPad, Amazon could preload its tablet with access to its stores … and make it compatible with services like Amazon Prime and one-click checkout … No other Android tab could compete with Amazon’s content distribution, so the tablet would be a real force even against Google...”
According to the Wall Street Journal, sources say unlike the iPad2, the Amazon tablet will not have a built in camera.
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