A lot of people seem to think that a Tablet based kindle is coming sooner than originally expected. I think if anyone could give Apple a run for its money it just might be Amazon, especially given how deeply Amazon groks the current digital landscape and is willing to be a leader here in things that are important to their survival where everyone else just wants to stand on the shoulders of a platform...
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/05/amazon-may-enter-tablet-fray-in-second-half-of-2011.ars
http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20110427/dear-amazon-shareholders-we-want-to-rule-the-world-love-jeff-bezos/?mod=ATD_rss
http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312511110797/dex991.htm
Meant to add: If this is true it would surprise me AT ALL for Amazon to be building their own OS and not using Android! It's the only way for them to really compete without being Google's bitch. Maybe they can start with an Android fork and blaze on from there.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/05/amazon-may-enter-tablet-fray-in-second-half-of-2011.ars
http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20110427/dear-amazon-shareholders-we-want-to-rule-the-world-love-jeff-bezos/?mod=ATD_rss
http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312511110797/dex991.htm
Meant to add: If this is true it would surprise me AT ALL for Amazon to be building their own OS and not using Android! It's the only way for them to really compete without being Google's bitch. Maybe they can start with an Android fork and blaze on from there.