Tomorrow Amazon will unveil its answer to the iPad,?reports TechCrunch's MG Seigler. "On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire. Yes, this is the name Amazon has settled on, to help differentiate the product from the e-ink Kindles, which will still be very much alive and for sale." With Amazon's online retail foothold, its tablet could present a threat to Apple's dominance--at least we think so.?Beyond its lame name, how is the Kindle Fire looking next to its cool older brother?
Although two fingers are great for basic tasks, such as shrinking windows and tapping buttons, for anything much beyond flinging colorful birds at obnoxious linkers, more fingers are required. A decent tablet painting program, or Apple?s own iPad version of GarageBand, both require more than two fingers.With Amazon's Kindle and Prime power combined, the Kindle Fire--name withstanding--might hold up to Apple's iPad. While not all of the specs are ideal, the tablets will start shipping the second week of November. That's just in time for a holiday showdown, which might be the reason the Kindle Fire doesn't look so hot, believes Block. "I'm told that this first tablet of theirs is "supposed to be pretty poor" and is a "stopgap" in order to get a tablet out the door for the 2011 holiday season -- which doesn't exactly leave the best taste in my mouth."
- Cheaper. Amazon hasn't release price specifics, but Siegler pegs it around $300--about half the price of Apple's tablet.?
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