Foxconn to build Amazon’s 10.1-inch tablet

By on Jul 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Tablets July 14, 2011

Foxconn will build Amazon’s rumored 10.1-inch tablet, DigiTimes reported on Thursday. The Android tablet is expected to ship in 2012 according to the report, but Amazon may want to get the device out the door a bit earlier in order to to have it on store shelves in time for the holiday season. A smaller 7-inch version that was built by Quanta computer is already on its way to Amazon and, while other reports suggested it is a 9-inch tablet, that is likely the model we have heard will launch in late August or September. We broke the news that Amazon will launch a “Coyote” tablet that packs a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra processor, as well as a larger “Hollywood” tablet powered by the new quad-core Kal-El chip. Since Kal-El devices aren’t shipping to consumers yet, it could be a safe bet to guess that Quanta Computer built the Coyote tablet while Foxconn has scored the order for the more powerful Hollywood device.

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  • Anonymous

    Screw foxconn!!! Move all iPad production to pegatron!!! Apple will rule the world!  true story™©®

    • Anonymous

      I am sorry my friend, you are ill informed, Apple is simply going to make the hardware that is going to rule the world, Google is going to handle the software, it is documented fact all zipped proof is in the pudding making it a true story™©®

    • Scrotum

      restless Scroat is on a hunt for more apple/android stories tonight. stil trolling from his basement on daddy’s 1st gen ipad. true story ™©®

  • Anonymous

    (shakes head)
    That parasite slave master Terri Gou must be all smiles. It just goes to show it doesn’t matter what organization it is in the end the rich whores of the world will always worship the almighty dollar.

  • Anonymous

    Well, that’s good news for Amazon, bad news for Foxconn employees.

  • Anonymous

    Where else? Foxxconn is the end all be all

  • Anonymous

    Oh my god amazon tablet is gonna kill the iPad….. NOT.

    • JL Jones

      I don’t think anyone has even said anything about such – Seems more to me Amazon saw how well the Nook Color did and figured they might want to have something to match except having tablet functionality out of the box whereas the Nook Color’s capabilities were discovered after some creative types decided to see what could be done with it – I hope Amazon’s tablets are also mod-friendly as well..

      Last time I checked, consumer choice and product diversity were good things – the cream of the crop will rise to the surface and the crap will fail..

      I for one don’t want to see a tech world totally dominated device-wise or service wise by one company..

    • Anonymous

      It’s going to kill Android tablets, since it will be running a forked (or should I say fragmented?) version of Android. And unlike Google, Amazon actually has a store offering legal ways to buy music.

      • Anonymous

        but, amazon’s music store app is available on the Android Market too,

  • Anonymous

    I guess Apple will be looking for a new company to build the iPad now .p

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