Writing on TechCrunch, tech journalist MG Siegler described the device as being closer to Apple’s iPad and Blackberry’s Playbook rather than the existing Kindle. “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,” he says.
What’s of most interest to crime fiction readers, however, is a report from Digitimes that Amazon’s Kindle Tablet may get its screen from E Ink Holdings, the company that supplies the exitsing e-ink screens for the current Kindle. This suggests that Amazon could be working on a tablet more suited to the digital reading experience than the iPad offers.
Of course, Amazon is well positioned to launch a tablet device. Anyone who has used a Kindle will know just how easy it is to find and download new books, and how effective the reading experience can be on an e-ink device. And while the Kindle App leaves much to be desired on the iPad, you can bank on Amazon refining the reading experience for its own tablet device.
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