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Old 09-26-2011, 07:06 PM   #16
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the mock up




appears to be a blackberry promotional image



manipulated in photoshop. would that constitute a copyright infringement ?
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Old 09-26-2011, 07:36 PM   #17
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The word I have gotten says that Amazon used the same company that produced Blackberry for a lot of the hardware to save time. Amazon used their own UI.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/26/amazon-kindle-fire/

Kindle "Fire" 2nd week Nov - ship
custom UI
TI dual-core OMAP chip. Probably 1.2Gz

As for the name. Remember you use kindling or twigs to start a fire.
Did anyone see the "twigs" model, or was that an abandoned prototype?
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Old 09-26-2011, 07:54 PM   #18
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Well ... if the 7" tablet that's being sold just to have a tablet in the market in 2011 is the Fire, the alleged 10" perfected model in 2012 should be called the "Inferno"?
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Old 09-26-2011, 07:56 PM   #19
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I am waiting for the Amazon Conflagration. Now that will be a winner!
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:02 PM   #20
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More names for the 10":

The Hellfire
The Firestorm
The Incinerator
The Furnace

Maybe we should do a poll.
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:04 PM   #21
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I can just visualize the commercials:

1. A person holding a book - which bursts into flames - out of which emerges The Fire!
[oh wait - there's a great name for the 10" version - the Phoenix!]

2. Stockings lined up on the mantle - with tiny flames flickering at the tops of the ones that contain the Fire!
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:11 PM   #22
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They could have the Fire and then the bigger one named the Bonfire.
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be prepared to be sued by apple, they own the square, the rectangle all the shapes
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More names for the 10":

The Hellfire
The Firestorm
The Incinerator
The Furnace

Maybe we should do a poll.
Dragon?
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Old 09-26-2011, 09:26 PM   #27
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As usual, AnandTech had a very comprehensive review of the PlayBook in April (The BlackBerry PlayBook Review). This hardware isn't a bad starting point for a 7" tablet, if Amazon did not have to cut too many corners to keep the price down.
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Sounds like they need help with their creative spark if that's the name of their new product.
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