Amazon Kindle Tablet is Real and Will Cost $250

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Posted September 4, 2011 at 7:57am by iClarified

TechCrunch's MG Siegler has been given the opportunity to use the upcoming Kindle tablet for an hour. Although, he was not allowed to take pictures, Siegler describes the upcoming device in detail.

Apparently it looks a lot like the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Again, the device is a 7-inch tablet with a capacitive touch screen. It is multi-touch, but from what I saw, I believe the reports that it relies on a two-finger multi-touch (instead of 10-finger, like the iPad uses) are accurate. This will be the first Kindle with a full-color screen. And yes, it is back-lit. There is no e-ink to be found anywhere on this device.

Earlier this week, reports suggested that a 7-inch Amazon tablet could be released in October, with a larger, 10-inch version to follow next year. That's somewhat accurate. As of right now, Amazon's only definitive plan is to release this 7-inch Kindle tablet and they're targeting the end of November to do that. The version I saw was a DVT (Design Verification Testing) unit. These have started floating around the company. It's ready, they're just tweaking the software now. If it's not in production yet, it will be very soon.

If the 7-inch tablet is a hit, Amazon will release a 10-inch in Q1 2012. The 7-inch Kindle tablet will cost $250. Hit the link below for a much more detailed description.

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Nobo1 - September 5, 2011 at 8:29am

Kindle sucks ass just like a kindle tablet! It maybe cheaper but with limited functionality.... HP touchpad is fully functional (albeit a bit shit) despite it's bargain basement price

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farpthor - September 4, 2011 at 9:41pm

Amazon almost nailed this idea with e-ink, only to realize that an "e" ain't as good as an "i"...

Noman - September 4, 2011 at 4:54pm

Got iPad 1 but been so annoyed with the limited web experience that really looking for potential alternatives. Still using my laptop for most surfing since iPad cannot access most of the rich media web. Understand the reasons behind the thinking of anti-flash but to be honest there are so many nice experiences there that could not think about ignoring all that for just sake of battery life and badly designed sites. I hope Amazon Kindle Tablet supports Openscreenproject. I want to be able to choose the content i want to view and what i want to ignore.

Digihead - September 5, 2011 at 7:37am

No this is what amazon and all other "great" tablet makers trying to do!

yiyoprr - September 24, 2011 at 7:30pm

You are wrong... There aren't "plenty" off apps that enable flash for idevices... I only know of one, and it doesn't enable flash it merely does all of the processing for flash based websites on a server, this is a terrible solution and in no way can it be compared to truly having flash on the device. There is no flash on iPads buddy, sorry...

kindof - September 4, 2011 at 3:54pm

I don't why these companies are wasting their time producing a product nobody wants. Didn't they read the national surveys? almost 95% of the population wanted an iPad ? I won't even get it even its $50? wasste of time. You can get a refurbished iPad first Gen for $299. Id rather get that then another tablets..