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The net is buzzing with rumors about a touchscreen tablet computer from Amazon with a full color LCD screen, set to take on Apple’s iPad in 2011 (just in time for the Christmas season, no doubt!).
We’ve learned that Amazon recently placed orders with Quanta Computer, and reportedly plans to partner with E-Ink Holdings for the upcoming touchscreen tablet, as reported Tuesday by Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes. This new Amazon device is expected to have an LCD touch panel display with fringe field switching technology.
Forecasted to begin shipping in the second half of 2011, with the initial order pegged at between 700,000 and 800,000, the device would be a huge departure from the current Amazon Kindle, which offers a month-long battery life, but displays in black and white.
While the Kindle still has strong sales, it is reported that Amazon has had trouble finding success in markets outside of North America and Europe.
According to our sources, Amazon will reduce the Kindle’s price to increase demand within the education and consumer market, while the new tablet PC will leverage its software and content to take on the Motorola Xoom, the Microcruz, and the iPad 2.
Amazon recently reduced the price of the basic Kindle with a new ad-supported model that sells for $114. The device comes with a $25 discount in exchange for unobtrusive ads being displayed on the bottom of the home screen and screensaver.
Whenever I thought about getting any type of electronic reader, I kept thinking about how much I like books! The smell. The sound. These were my exact words. I didn’t want to trade that sensory experience for the cold, hard feel of an eReader! No. Not me. The quintessential book lover!
Still. Those features kept luring me in….I could read anywhere! I could carry hundreds of books with me everywhere. I could take my favorite books on vacation on a plane and not worry about packing them. I could adjust the font. I could even listen to music or surf the internet on the eReader. So, you know what happened. I succombed to the lure, the temptation of the Amazon Kindle. And, even though I like books…I can tell you, after only a couple of days with my Kindle, I actually PREFER reading on my Kindle these days.
Why? Simple. With my Kindle, there’s no more propping my book up, no more trying to hold the pages open, and no more losing my place when propping my book open fails.
I just open the cover, wake the Kindle up, and I’m right where I left off. It stays open and flat when I read in bed, when I lay on the couch, and when I ride my exercise bike and read.
I don’t even notice the page turns anymore! It literally takes only a couple of hours to get used to reading on a Kindle versus reading on a page. Just the touch of a button turns the page. It’s awesome! And, even though I still like books…I like books just as much digitally these days!
LONDON, ENGLAND–(Marketwire – Sept. 6, 2010) – A survey of over 1000 US and UK users by news navigator http://www.onenewspage.com/ found the Kindle scored strongly over the iPad as an e-reader.
Although OneNewsPage’s users admitted the iPad was “more compelling” than the Kindle because of the iPad’s multi-functionality, if it came to a straight head-to-head choice between e-readers, almost two thirds (64%) preferred Amazon’s Kindle to Apple’s iPad.
Interestingly, 16% of the OneNewsPage survey sample said they owned both a Kindle and an iPad, two of the best selling e-readers on the market.
Winning the e-reader popularity contest wasn’t the only good news for Amazon. Amazon was seen as the likely victor in an e-book marketing battle with Apple – albeit by a very small 2% margin. Fifty-one percent said their money was on Amazon to win the e-reader battle, versus 49% who were backing Apple.
Despite sales of e-books outselling hardbacks on Amazon for the first time, OneNewsPage users felt the physical book has a healthy future. Almost three quarters (73%) believe there is still a place for physical books.
But perhaps the most surprising finding of the OneNewsPage survey was that e-books are now more popular than paperbacks for reading on holiday.
Again, while there was little in it, fifty three percent preferred to pack e-books rather paperbacks for their beach reading.
Dr Marc Pinter-Krainer, CEO of One News Page, says:
“The e-book has come of age. The Kindle has built a strong position as a specialist e-reader. Its new version is considerably cheaper and lighter than the iPad, which may explain why two thirds of our users preferred it to the iPad as an e-reader.
“That said, it’s clear the iPad as an e-book platform is already giving Amazon a stiff challenge and there’s everything to play for as Apple only launched the iPad in March this year.”
Notes
The e-reader market is dominated by Amazon’s Kindle, which is believed to have a between 60% and 80% share (the total market size is difficult to quantify).
Article courtesy of Marketwire.
Kindle is our #1 bestselling item for two years running. It’s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.
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If you logged on to Amazon’s website today, you were treated to their announcement of their latest release of the Kindle, set for October 19th. Especially for travelers, the newest version features international wireless, so you can download your books anywhere in the world! Priced at $279.00, Amazon is set to compete in the international market in a big way this year!
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