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Originally Posted by Daithi

Well, this is kind of good news and bad news. Good news is that Amazon will probably be announcing something anytime now. Bad news is that I'll have to wait until next year for the 10.1" tablet, as I have zero interest in a 7" tablet.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I'm the opposite. I have zero interest in a 10" tablet; unless it's selling for $99.

My feeling too! I want a replacement for my aging JE100 and I like the 7" size (provided it's 16:9 and not 4:3).

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

I dont think it will be tomorrow. Samsung has its IFA presser tomorrow. But it would make sense to have something announced at IFA IF they will be selling it in Europe too from launch. If not then they may wait until next week when IFA is over

I hope they'll be selling to Europe from day one and that we'll hear soon about it...

Originally Posted by =X=

There is the Acer Ionica 100. That fits that build. It's a 7" screen running HC 3.2 and goes for $320.
The only bad part is i heard the screen is good not great. I'd like to see it in person.

I'm waiting for that one to hit the market (which should be September 9th...) And then I need to find a shop that sells it. So, Amazon at least has that much time to announce a 7" reader

Originally Posted by din155

Also, the battery life of just 5 hrs, ideally it should have been in the range of 7-10 hrs. Again it's just review and I have not seen it in person so nothing much to comment about it.

I never read more than 2 hours a day on my backlit reader now. So, a battery life of over 2 hours is fine with me (one reason I want to replace my JE100, battery life has dropped from 4 hours to less than 2. Either I buy a new battery (Nokia battery) or a new device...)

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

It is highly unlikely that Amazon will be selling a tablet outside of the US in 2011; I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say through all or most of 2012 as well.

Currently, Amazon does not offer any digital media, except ebooks, outside of the US. That field is exclusively left to Apple iTunes and regional players. So -- no games for Kindle, no Android apps for smartphones, no movies or TV shows for laptops and tablets. Nada.

But they do sell the Kindle device itself.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

My prediction is that a 7" tablet will be locked down, priced less than a Nook Color, and be marketed to average consumers who won't really care that they're locked into Amazon's ecosystem.

And that would be fine for me as the main reason for me to get one would be to read. And I already read mobipocket on my JE100, so why not on a new Amazon device?

Originally Posted by Graham

Sorry to hear about the situation in Canada, but Amazon does offer digital media other than ebooks outside of the US.

In the UK, Amazon has an excellent digital music store, and offers digital downloads of movie and TV shows through its subsidiary Lovefilm, both as part of the DVD rental subscription and as pay on demand.

We also have a good range of Kindle magazine subscriptions.

Graham

Ah, but that's Amazon.co.uk. And they won't sell outside the UK and Ireland either. Amazon.de won't sell outside Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Amazon.fr won't sell outside France. We in Mainland Europe can't even buy the Kindle from Amazon.co.uk and are redirected to Amazon.com...

But, if they announce a new 7" tablet before I buy the Acer, and that tablet has what I am looking for, for a decent price, even if they won't sell beyond the US shores, I'll get it. There are always ways!