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Originally Posted by zinj
That's why there's great potential if this device has a Mirasol display.
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Bezos has said that a color Kindle device is "years" away. I don't think the current Mirasol displays are cheap enough to be competitive, are they? It's not going to be much of an advantage for Amazon if they release a $1,000 Wifi-only tablet -- especially if the screen quality isn't up to snuff compared to LCD.
I can't look at any of this and definitively say "Impossible!", but I haven't heard anything so far that convinces me it's likely. B&N developed the color Nook to distinguish the Nook from the Kindle. Kindle developing a tablet makes them...just like everyone else, in a crowded field, where everyone else has a head start, and Apple is the main player.
That's not a business plan. It's a kamikaze mission.