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Amazon tablet? Sept. 28 press conference set for NYC

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Here comes the Amazon tablet. Look out iPad?

Amazon.com just sent out invitations to members of the tech media alerting us to a press conference taking place next week, Sept. 28, in New York City. While the company isn’t giving any hints about what it will announce, this looks likely to be the long-awaited unveiling of its tablet computer.

Based on a previous sneak peek by MG Siegler of TechCrunch, Amazon is starting with a 7-inch tablet — selling for $250 — with with a specialized, carousel-style on-screen interface. It will come with an Amazon Kindle app and offer Amazon’s music and video services, plus access to apps from Amazon’s Android Appstore.

The reported price could make the Amazon tablet a credible competitor to the iPad, particularly with the tie-ins to Amazon’s existing services and products.

We’ll have more details as they’re available.

  • http://twitter.com/Michael_Paulson Michael Paulson

    Thanks for the latest scoop, Todd. Really looking forward to seeing this tablet. Looking forward to seeing the 10″ version even more.

  • http://twitter.com/Michael_Paulson Michael Paulson

    Thanks for the latest scoop, Todd. Really looking forward to seeing this tablet. Looking forward to seeing the 10″ version even more.

  • Anonymous

    Nook Color Android-based tablet/eReader from Barnes & Noble has been on the market for over a year and sold millions of units at $250. Gives Flash, apps, videos, color magazines and ebooks with video inserts, and the best anti-glare coated screen on the market. Technology “leader” Amazon is finally catching up with the book store company by copying their device.
    Kindle only supports eBooks in its proprietary AZW format. Nook, on the other hand, supports both DRM-protected and DRM-free ebooks in ePub format thus it supports ebooks from B&N store, from any other DRM-free source on the web, and from public libraries.
    If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read any available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi.
    Nook Color has several apps that already come with the device (Pandora Internet radio, QuickOffice, etc.) and hundreds of other apps are available for download. Also, you can use the Social Settings screen to link your NOOK Color to your Facebook account and your Twitter account. You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account. Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can lend and borrow books, recommend books, and share favorite quotes with your friends. Nook store has over 2 million of paid books and about the same number of free public domain books.

    • Guest

      Sounds good. How can Nook Color be beaten?

    • Guest

      I read non-AZW books on my Kindle regularly, like un-DRM’ed epub and PDF.