Amazon could sell five million tablets next quarter
Amazon could sell five million tablets next quarter Amazon could be looking to sell as many as five million tablets by the end of the year. Such sales would be contingent upon a sub-$300 price point and enough supply to meet demand, says Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps. Others seem to think that Amazon could come in as low as $249, a price that would significantly undercut Apple�s iPad. Earlier this year it was rumored that Amazon was manufacturing two different tablets. The first would be an entry-level device codenamed Coyote (based on the dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 platform) and the second slate would be codenamed Hollywood (based on the quad-core Nvidia codename Kal-El platform, which is likely to be called Tegra 3). Later rumors hinted that Quanta Computer would assemble processors developed by Texas Instruments, Taiwan-based Winteks touch panels, and ILI Technologys LCD driver ICs. It�s hard to fathom a Tegra 3 tablet with a sub $300 price tag, but if anyone could pull it o...