This article backs up the premise of many here:
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You’ve probably noticed that virtually every PC and phone maker is rushing to put out a tablet this year. The iPad has been a huge hit for Apple, and nobody wants to miss the boat if it’s not just Apple’s individual product but the entire category of slate-style devices really starts to take off.
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The latest approach is to create a software and hardware ecosystem so that if you buy all Acer products, for instance, you get more out of the experience.
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Amazon already offers its own app store, eBook store, MP3 music store, and a cloud storage service which lets you upload your music collection to the web and listen on an Android device.
What would set an Amazon tablet apart from a Sony, HP, or Acer device is the fact that Amazon has already built a strong ecosystem for purchasing and accessing media across a variety of platforms. Instead of trying to build one from scratch to work with existing hardware, Amazon may be taking the opposite approach of building hardware to showcase its software...
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