Amazon's "secrets" are generally not terribly secret so close to an announcement ... so I'd tend to believe the consensus view that a closed Android system 7" colour tablet is coming that will be sold only within the US and attempt to leverage Amazon Prime and its existing video / music vendor relationships.
Happily, the Kindle tablet will also display ebooks and magazines; although a 7" format isn't really all that helpful for magazines, it would re-establish parity with B&N's Nook. And since this is a year later, you can bet the Amazon tablet will be faster, etc than the Nook Color ... which may lead B&N to release Nook Color II this fall being essentially the original edition with a faster processor.
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