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I called the 10'' tablet a while ago. It makes perfect sense for Amazon, with it's desire to sell it's movies and video streaming services. Although on this forum Amazon = ebooks, we should remind ourselves that ebooks form only one of Amazon's revenue streams- and most likely not the most profitable one, either. I think Amazon definitely wants to take on Apple in the movie, music and video game markets, all of which are likely bigger than the ebook market.
I think it likely that Amazon will lock the device to it's own app store- that's the model that has been shown to work and be profitable. That won't matter all that much, as I expect most android apps will be available in the amazon market, although it wouldn't surprise me if the nook app doesn't make it, for the reasons that tube monkey cites.
I am sure that Amazon will continue it's Kindle eink line for at least a while longer, although I think the K4 will likely be a touchscreen . No matter what techies may think, the market has spoken: consumers love and expect that their mobile devices have a touchscreen interface . The current Kindle looks more and more dated with its clunky physical keyboard interface. Expect a touchscreen K4 by no later than spring of next year.
You might see 4" Touchscreen device focused on music, but that's more doubtful . I doubt we will see an Aphone.
As to the names of these devices, Kindle is a pretty powerful brand name now. I could see Amazon calling the 10" tablet a Kindle tablet and the 4" device a Kindle player.it's easier and cheaper to EXTEND a brand name [ IMac , iPod , iPhone , iPad ] than to create one from scratch. Another example: Samsung - Galaxy phone , tab, player, and Galaxy II . It's kind of up to amazon's marketing team.
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