Amazon has begun sending out invites for an upcoming September 28 press conference, most likely to announce its fabled tablet. Rather than being held in their global headquarters in Seattle, the press conference is taking place smack dab in the middle of the publishing industry: New York City. The implication is Amazon will be positioning the device not necessarily as an iPad competitor, but a higher-grade version of their Kindle, designed for consuming content purchased from the Amazon ecosystem. Regardless of how Amazon is positioning the device, I am very excited to see what they have designed and built. I am not sure what is more exciting: the hardware or what Amazon has done with their forked version of Android. Either way, the Christmas buying season is going to be interesting, with a lot of Kindle $TABLET vs. iPad 2 discussion taking place. (via TiPb)

Amazon has begun sending out invites for an upcoming September 28 press conference, most likely to announce its fabled tablet. Rather than being held in their global headquarters in Seattle, the press conference is taking place smack dab in the middle of the publishing industry: New York City. The implication is Amazon will be positioning the device not necessarily as an iPad competitor, but a higher-grade version of their Kindle, designed for consuming content purchased from the Amazon ecosystem.

Regardless of how Amazon is positioning the device, I am very excited to see what they have designed and built. I am not sure what is more exciting: the hardware or what Amazon has done with their forked version of Android. Either way, the Christmas buying season is going to be interesting, with a lot of Kindle $TABLET vs. iPad 2 discussion taking place. (via TiPb)

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