Amazon expected to launch tablet
Associated Press
NEW YORK
Amazon is expected to unveil a tablet computer today, picking a fight with Apple Inc. and its iPad. The iPad has many challengers, but analysts say Amazon’s could be different — it has a chance to be more than a wannabe.
Amazon.com Inc. is nearly unique in its ability to sell content such as e-books, movies and music suited for a tablet, just like Apple does.
Seattle-based Amazon hasn’t confirmed that it’s launching a tablet, but it’s holding an event in New York this morning, with its CEO Jeff Bezos speaking.
With the iPad, Apple has created a whole new product category of tablet computers. Many have tried to copy its success, but so far, the iPad is the only really successful product. Apple sold 28.7 million of them from April 2010 to June 2011.