Amazon Kindle Fire 2 to get spring 2012 launch?
The Amazon Kindle Fire 2 is set for a spring 2012 launch and is poised to be another 7-inch tablet.
This is according to DigiTimes, which is reporting that Quanta Computer has already been given the order to start producing the new device.
Numbers for the Amazon Kindle Fire have been increasing and it is thought Amazon has added another chassis supplier to its belt – which means three production outlets are now poised to produce components for the Kindle Fire, the latest being Nishoku.
Nishoku is set to start producing chassis for Amazon at the end of 2012, which ties in with the information DigiTimes has dug up about Quanta Computer.
Fire sale
The Amazon Kindle Fire has only just been released in the US – to mixed reviews – but straight from its launch, there have been rumours that a Kindle 2 is just around the corner.
The Kindle 2 is set to be quite a bit different from kindle dx review 2010 its predecessor. It is thought that Amazon will redesign the device so it doesn't have the same look and feel of the PlayBook – something many of the reviews refer to.
Considering the original Kindle Fire UK release date is still unknown it will be interesting to see if we actually get the first Fire at all or if Amazon will hold off launching in the UK until its successor is out.
Given DigiTime's so-so relationship with rumours, we are filing this one under: It's Possible.
Amazon Kindle Phone 2012 release, possibly Android
A new mobile smartphone could be coming next year; it will be called the Amazon Kindle Phone and could possibly have the Android operating system. The Kindle Fire is not earning the company a lot of money because it was priced so low, but Amazon want customers to be on the ecosystem.
The Kindle Fire is not what you call the iPad killer, so what can the new Kindle Phone bring to the table? Well, you it will come with the word cheap again, the new smartphone hopefully being released in 2012 is expected to come with a price tag between $243 if Amazon wants to make a 30% gross margin, it will cost between $150 and $170 to manufacture according to AllThingsD.
Chang, Citi’s Taipei-based hardware research analyst, suggests that the new handset will launch 4Q12. There is a possibility that the new Kindle Phone could come with Texas Instrument’s OMAP 4 processor, and QCOM’s dual mode 6-series standalone baseband.
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