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It won't look like anything we've already seen on an Android device, however. It will have its own user interface, its own menus, and its own app store from which to download applications. Amazon is not collaborating with Google on this version of Android, it is Amazon's own variant.

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2. It will have a small screen: Don't expect Amazon to field a 10-inch monster tablet. It won't. The device to be introduced on September 28 will have a 7-inch capacitive touch display. It will be back-lit, full-color, and will not use the e-ink technology used in Amazon's Kindle e-readers.

3. It will have simple hardware features: Don't expect the Kindle tablet to be a powerful mobile computer. The tablet won't have a camera, it won't have a lot of

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Powered by Android, with a 7-inch movies, the Pleasantly tablet will have a capacitive multitouch vet with old LCD technology, according to TechCrunch's MG Siegler, who recently got an restricted look at the new logo.

With only 6GB of onboard storage serving to shame its price into tractable consumer access, no camera, and no buttons, is Amazon making their tablet too tiniest? Safe, the pricing has to be no more than morality, and Kindle has always focused on reading more than surfing, but will the updated Foment be a contender against Apple's dominance of the tablet exchange?

You tick off us. Post your bear witness in this interview and then border on in the comments with all your predictions.

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1. Outgoing Nokia Chairman Jorma Ollila commented that Nokia is “looking into” tablets and hybrid devices, which started media keyboards clattering. A Nokia spokesperson clarified, however, that Nokia is still just watching the space “with interest.
2. Shipments of tablets are on track to grow more than fivefold over the next five years, according to a study released Thursday. [Updated, 6:47 am May 3: According to a quarterly report from NPD DisplaySearch, shipments will grow from 81.6 million units
3. By Melissa J. Perenson, It appears that $400 or less marks the new sweet spot for 10-inch-class tablets. First Apple reduced its iPad 2 to that price, and now we have a pair of Android tablets, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 and the Asus Transformer
4. There's no way to know whether the next NOOK Tablet will be based on Windows 8, although there's certainly a chance it will be. If it is based on Windows 8 rather than Android, here's how it might work. The NOOK's main screen clearly shows its Android