Ryan Block at gdgt has word via his sources that the Amazon Kindle Fire — the device that can truly go toe - to - toe with the iPad — isn't the tablet they're putting their faith in. (gizmodo.com)
Tech site GDGT followed up with details about the tablet's build, writing that the Fire looks a whole lot like the BlackBerry Playbook, and that this similarity is not a coincidence: In order to get their new tablet out in time for the holidays, Amazon outsourced design and production of the new tablet to the same company that made the Playbook (which, by the way, isn't doing so hot in terms of sales). (huffingtonpost.com)