One study said this summer than one in five Internet users visited Amazon's site in the month of June, for instance.
While Amazon hasn't said when it's first tablet will be launched the company recently redesigned its Web site in a more tablet-friendly manner -- further suggesting an October launch. Amazon's new Web site is less cluttered, with fewer buttons, more white space and a bigger search box. It's cleaner and lighter -- custom designed for tablet users.
Amazon is expected to unveil an Android -based tablet with some personalized system touches featuring a 7-inch, back lit screen.
Reports have indicated Amazon will price the new tablet below $300 to compete against Apple's industry-leading iPad while also providing an annual content subscription model that will let readers have free access to older books and streaming movies and TV shows.
Amazon's tablet library content will reportedly be available to Amazon's Prime members -- who currently pay $79 a year for unlimited two-day shipping for products on Amazon.com and also for access to streaming digital movies and television shows on the site.
Amazon has announced this yet, but the information fits with how Amazon has approached its Prime subscriptions and previous launches of its popular Kindle e-reader devices.
Amazon is expected to sell its new tablet at a hardware loss initially, but integrating content from Amazon Prime into its tablets to get more members and also give more consumer value. Currently, Amazon Prime membership doesn't include books, but The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Amazon will likely expand the program to include books for its tablet owners.
Another news journal, eWeek, has predicted that Amazon will also try to undercut Apple with the prices of magazine and newspaper subscriptions for tablet owners by possibly offering publishers lower terms to get the price down.
Apple's iPad has been the tablet industry leader without challenge over the past year and a half, but when HP discounted its slow-selling TouchPad to $99, buyers rushed in, selling out the product in a matter of days. Since then, industry focus
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