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Kamis, 13 Oktober 2011

It's Not an iPhone 5, But So What?

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To some people, Apple's new iPhone 4S is not the overhaul they had been hoping for. Its model number, which does not include a "5," stinks of the status quo.Sure, the 4S does not render the iPhone 4 obsolete, and on the surface they are almost identical. But with a faster processor, new software, a voice-activated personal assistant and a souped-up camera, it is a major improvement. 

The 4S requires a two-year service contract with Verizon Wireless, Sprint or AT&T.If you have an iPhone 4, you may want to hold on to it for now. But if you are sporting an older model such as the 3GS or are considering making the leap to an iPhone from another type of handset, it is an excellent excuse to buy one.
The coolest new feature on the 4S is Siri, a software-based personal assistant who responds to your voice in a somewhat robotic, yet soothing female tone.Siri can do all sorts of things, from setting your alarm clock to finding a good local sushi joint to playing DJ with your music. She cannot bring up websites, but she can search the Web for pretty much anything.Once you let her know who you are and where you live, she can even do complex tasks such as reminding you to call your boyfriend when you get home, helped by the phone's location technologies such as GPS. She can understand conversational English, which is great because I was able to speak as I normally would (though I did have to enunciate well). This means you can say things like, "what's happening today?" or "what's going on today?" and she will let you know what's on your calendar.She also is a dictation dynamo, transcribing emails and texts much better than a phone running Google Inc.'s Android software. It would be awesome if she could intelligently insert punctuation marks, but she does get them if you tell her "period" or "exclamation point."For a particularly difficult test, I read a random paragraph from a copy of "The New Yorker" to the 4S and to an Android smartphone. Siri did not get all the words correct, but she overwhelmingly beat the competition.

Beyond Siri, I was happy to see a better camera on the 4S, which has an 8-megapixel lens compared with 5 megapixels on the iPhone 4. My shots had sharper details as a result. The new camera also can take pictures faster, and a new lens gathers more light so pictures shot in dim lighting look better.The addition of a camera icon on the phone's lock screen makes it easier to start snapping. Just double tap on the "home" button when the phone is asleep to bring up the icon, and tap that to open the camera. Also, there finally is a physical camera button on the iPhone as the 4S's volume-up button does double duty.

The iPhone 4S has the latest version of Apple's mobile software, iOS 5, which seems geared toward making the phone even easier to use.One of the best additions to iOS 5 is iMessage, which lets you send texts, photos or videos to other Apple devices over Wi-Fi or your wireless carrier's data network. That makes it easier to send texts to iPads and other devices that are not phones. It also saves you texts, if you are not on an unlimited text plan.With the iOS 5 upgrade, swiping the top of the screen now brings up a handy notification page, which shows you things such as appointments, reminders, weather and stock quotes.IOS 5 also gets points for allowing you to step away from your computer: You can set up your iPhone and receive software updates on the device itself, without plugging it in.In addition, it includes Apple's new iCloud content-syncing software, which can store your content online and push it wirelessly to your devices. If you buy lots of digital content from Apple, you will like how it can automatically add songs, apps and e-books from Apple's iBookstore to all your iCloud-connected devices. Unfortunately, it does not do this with TV shows or movies, so you will have to go into iTunes on the device to download them or sync the content from a computer.The iPhone 4S's performance is noticeably bumped up by a new dual-core A5 chip, which is the same processor in the latest iPad. With this chip, the phone can process graphics and complete other tasks much faster. Web pages, especially graphics-heavy ones, loaded faster than they do on the iPhone 4.If you have an iPhone but don't want to trade up to the 4S, you are not entirely left out: iOS 5, which includes iCloud, will be available Wednesday as a free update for the iPhone 4 and 3GS, both iPad models and later versions of the iPod Touch.If you don't have an iPhone, however, the 4S is a great one to get, even if its name doesn't include a "5".

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Selasa, 04 Oktober 2011

Watch Out! iPhone HTC's New Android Smartphone has a Killer Feature:3-D

Now in 3-D:

HTC EVO 3D 4G Android Phone (Sprint)  

Tackles the Next Dimension

Getting bored with your BlackBerry? Perhaps it’s time to check out the HTC EVO 3D 4G Android Phone (Sprint), the latest smartphone from Taiwanese mobile phone producer HTC.

Officially released in Indonesia two weeks ago, the Evo 3D is an upgrade of the popular HTC EVO 4G. The new version runs on the latest Android operating system, the Android Gingerbread, and with all of its features, it seems like a serious competitor to Apple’s iPhone.

Although many Indonesians are not familiar with the brand, HTC has made a name for itself in the past few years with its competitive mobile phones.

The company is a member of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of phone manufacturers dedicated to the development of Android mobile device platforms, and its HTC Dream smartphone, released in 2008, was the first phone in the market to run on Android.

Agus Sugiharto, the country manager of HTC Indonesia, said the Evo 3D was the answer to a growing demand for sophisticated smartphones, offering an attractive design and the latest, most advanced features.

“Evo 3D can do it all,” he said.

At first glance, Evo 3D looks like any other smartphone in the market. With an easy-to-grip, textured pattern, it weighs about 170 grams and includes an 11-centimeter qHD touchscreen. Its main buttons (home, menu, back and search) are protected by Gorilla Glass, a thin, sheet-glass material that is scratch-resistant and extremely durable.

But the Evo 3D also brings something new to the table: 3-D technology that essentially works like 3-D television. HTC claims the smartphone’s five-megapixel camera is able to record and play both 2-D and 3-D movies, as well as 2-D and 3-D photographs. Better still, smartphone users can enjoy this 3-D experience without wearing special glasses.

Agus said the phone’s 3-D features can help people in everyday life. For example, real estate agents can easily create a 3-D virtual tour for their clients.

In addition to its 3-D camera, the Evo 3D is equipped with another 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, which was designed for video chat.
According to Agus, the Evo 3D is more advanced than other devices in the market.

“We broke the innovation boundaries with this smartphone,” he said.

HTC says Evo 3D users can easily share their high-quality photographs and videos on Facebook or YouTube. The phone is able to interface with other devices such as digital cameras, printers and televisions.

The smartphone also promises an efficient multitasking experience with its dual-core processor, the 1.2-gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon. Since it has an Android operating system, users can access more than 200,000 mobile applications in the Android Market.

But the Evo 3D has its drawbacks. Even with an its improved qHD screen, tech reviewers say the phone’s display performance lags behind that of its competitors.

Its battery also loses power in less than 14 hours, even without heavy usage; the 3-D photography feature seems to be the biggest cause of the drain.

According to ABI Research, a US technology market research company, the Evo 3D will be a trendsetter in the mobile phone industry with its 3-D user content, viewing capabilities and games.

The Evo 3D comes with some exciting new features and its 3-D technology may set some trends, but it’s still too soon to say whether HTC’s new product can defeat the iPhone and other popular mobile devices in the market.

Article Source: Thejakartaglobe.com

Senin, 03 Oktober 2011

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101-A1 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer (Tablet Only)

Some things are meant to go together
Transforming the Conventional into the Unconventional
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer With a slim, lightweight design and a 10.1-inch WSVGA IPS capacitive display made from durable and scratch-resistant glass that is viewable at angles up to 178°, the versatile ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is the perfect tablet for anyone who want to enjoy multimedia on the move, but still wish to have easy access to the web, email, and other productivity applications.

A custom user interface provides easy access to the many features of the Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) operating system, while the NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 chipset provides full support for Adobe® Flash® 10.2,1 smooth HD video conferencing and playback, a lightning fast web experience, and incredible mobile gaming performance. The optional docking station turns the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer into PC mode with a QWERTY keyboard, while extending battery life up to 16 hours.2Front and rear cameras make for easy video chat and digital photography, which can be played back in video on HDTVs via a mini HDMI output port, making it a true mobile entertainment device. 


Key Features

  • 10.1-inch WSVGA IPS capacitive pressure-sensing multi touch display for brilliant HD entertainment and intuitive navigation. 178° viewing angle (1280 x 800)
  • Powered by NVIDIA® Tegra 2 mobile processor for best web experience with up to two times faster browsing, hardware accelerated Flash, and console-quality gaming.
  • Front (1.2 MP) and rear (5 MP) cameras for face-to-face video chats and on-the-go video and picture capturing.
  • Mini HDMI port to supersize your entertainment to compatible HDTVs and external displays 
  • Optional Docking station with QWERTY keyboard adds additional 6.5 hours of battery life, to instantly turn the Transformer into PC mode with up to 16 hours of battery life

Sabtu, 01 Oktober 2011

Warning: Virus Stealing E-Banking Passwords

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has issued a warning that a computer virus is stealing online banking passwords.

The non-profit industry body said there have been 'a few cases' of Internet banking customers whose computers were infected by the malicious software called SpyEye.

It is not known how many were affected and what their losses were. The ABS and banks contacted by The Straits Times did not want to provide details.

This is the first time the association is issuing a warning on behalf of its more than 100 member banks in Singapore. It said that an 'unusually large' number of consumers had complained about suspicious online activities in the past three weeks.

SpyEye, which appeared in late- 2009, infects Internet browsers and modifies webpages on users' computers to steal valuable information like banking log-in names, passwords and credit-card data. In the first half of this year, it infected at least 2.2 million computers worldwide, according to United States- based network security firm Damballa.

A variant created to target banks in Singapore surfaced three weeks ago, according to security experts. It gets into computers when users visit infected websites, open infected e-mail or attachments, or download files from social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

This SpyEye variant, like its other permutations, waits for the user to access his online banking account. After he enters his username and password on a legitimate banking website, a message may pop up, indicating that the transaction "may take 1-10 minutes to complete' or that 'security verification is in progress".

This is a sign that SpyEye is intercepting the transaction to steal banking log-in names and passwords.

It may also lead users to an altered banking webpage - after they have accessed an authentic banking site - where they are asked to enter their username, password and one-time password (OTP).

The bank, unaware that its customer's computer is infected, will send the OTP - received as an SMS or on security tokens - after the user keys in his username and password. Once the OTP is entered on the altered banking webpage, SpyEye modifies the transaction.

For instance, the user may have wanted to transfer $1,000 from his account to account A. It can rewrite the transaction and transfer $10,000 to account B, where a hacker can access the money.

Banks have advised customers suspecting something amiss to immediately log out from the banking site, close their Internet browsers and contact them.

Victor Keong, a partner and practice leader for information protection and business resilience at consultancy firm KPMG, advised users to update their security software.

Some banks also require users to enter another OTP for transactions above a certain value, say, $500. This will limit the damage, Keong said, noting that a malicious software would need to be more complex to steal subsequent OTPs.

Ronnie Ng, senior manager of systems engineering at security software firm Symantec Singapore, thinks banks can do more. "OTP is only part of a much larger authentication solution," he said.

He suggested that banks can send the details of a transaction - for example, how much is transferred to which account - to users via SMS. This is so they are not tricked into approving a transaction they initiated but which was subsequently modified by the software.

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    Kamis, 29 September 2011

    Apple to Introduce Latest iPhone on Oct. 4

    Apple will introduce a new version of the iPhone at an Oct. 4 event, the first upgrade of its best-selling product since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive officer.

    “Let’s talk iPhone,” Apple said in an invitation to the gathering at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

    The new iPhone will include a better camera and faster processor, people familiar with the matter said earlier this year. Introduced in 2007, the iPhone accounts for about half of Apple’s revenue.

    Jobs, who resigned as chief executive officer and turned leadership of the company over to Tim Cook on Aug. 24., is now Apple’s chairman.

    Apple showed off new features of the iPhone’s revamped operating system during Jobs’ last major Apple event, a developers conference in June. The new software, called iOS 5, includes new notification and text messaging systems. The company also said in June that it will debut iCloud, which lets users to wirelessly access music, pictures and other files across different Apple devices.

    The new iPhone could be Apple’s best-selling product yet. Apple may sell 110 million iPhones in 2012, a faster pace than this year, when nearly 40 million were sold during the first half of the calendar year, according to Mike Abramsky, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.

    Pent-up demand may help sales, said Maynard Um, an analyst at UBS Securities. Apple is unveiling a new model 16 months after the iPhone 4 debuted, compared with the 12 months between previous model updates. In addition to the stronger processor and improved camera, the new iPhone may have faster networking technology, improved graphics performance and potentially be thinner and lighter, Um said.

    This may be the last time Apple can wait so long between new iPhones as rivals including Samsung Electronics and HTC introduce competing smartphones using Google’s Android operating system.

    The new iPhone probably won’t be less expensive than the current model, which is sold to wireless carries for $600, said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, in a research report. Service providers generally subsidize the price for customers. Instead of making the phone cheaper, Apple is likely to drop the price of the current model iPhone to give consumers a more affordable alternative, Munster said.

    The new model may include voice-recognition software, Munster said. He speculated that the “Let’s Talk iPhone” wording of the invite may refer to such speech-based features. Apple purchased a speech-recognition software company called Siri last year.

    In the first full quarter on the market, Apple may sell 25 million iPhones, Munster said, adding that this estimate for the period ending in December may be “conservative.”

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    Rabu, 28 September 2011

    Amazon Launches iPad Rival, the "Kindle Fire"

    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Fire at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York on Tuesday. (Reuters Photo/Shannon Stapleton) 
     

    Amazon unveiled a tablet computer, Kindle Fire, on Wednesday in a challenge to Apple’s market-leading iPad.

    The Kindle Fire has a seven-inch (17.78-centimeter) screen, smaller than the iPad’s 9.7 inches (24.6 cms), and Wi-Fi connectivity, the Seattle-based online retail giant announced at a launch event in Manhattan.

    The new tablet will reportedly cost $199, less than half the cost of an iPad, and will be available to consumers on Nov. 15.

    Presenting the new tablet to the press, Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos said the Kindle Fire features a new Web browser called Amazon Silk.

    He said Kindle Fire owners would have access to the 11,000 films and television shows in the Amazon library and the 17 million songs.

    According to technology analysts, an Amazon tablet could pose the most serious challenge yet to Apple’s dominance of the fast-growing market for touchscreen tablet computers.

    Article Source: thejakartaglobe.com

    Sony’s New Tablet Looks Good Without Much More to Offer

    Sony S Tablet captures much of what’s good and much of what’s frustrating about the one-time king of consumer electronics.

    Not content to stamp out just another cookie-cutter iPad clone, Sony has come up with a distinctive design. The tablet also incorporates ties to the company’s vast collection of content, including movies and music. It even runs PlayStation games.

    Yet, as with so many things Sony these days, the Tablet S sounds much more appealing than the reality turns out to be: Its good ideas are undermined by its execution.

    Sony S Tablet , currently available for order and in stores next week, runs the Honeycomb operating system, Google’s tablet-optimized version of its Android mobile-device software.

    At $500 for a 16-gigabyte, Wi-Fi-only model and $600 for 32 gigabytes, it’s priced the same as Apple iPad 2 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-Inch the best of the current crop of Android tablets.

    The device’s 9.4-inch screen is just a bit smaller than the Apple iPad 2 , and is actually a touch lighter, at approximately 598 grams, versus 601 grams for the iPad. There’s no mistaking it, though, for an iPad, a Galaxy Tab or any of the legions of other Honeycomb tablets cramming the aisles at Best Buy.

    Leaving to others the competition to produce the thinnest, flattest device, Sony S Tablet has created a sort of rounded-wedge case for the Tablet S. The metaphor is a folded-over magazine, with the teardrop-shaped thick side acting to prop the device up slightly when laid horizontally for typing or to watch a movie.

    The shape takes some getting used to. It felt quite natural when I was holding it vertically, as if I were reading a book or online magazine. In landscape mode, though, I initially had a hard time. If the thin side was down, the thick part tended to dip.

    I eventually came to prefer holding it with the thick edge down — opposite to the way I had to position it when I wanted to tap out an e-mail.

    Ultimately, I didn’t mind the shape and even give Sony extra credit for trying to, as Apple used to exhort us, “think different.” My real problem isn’t what they did, but how they did it.

    Achieving its light weight, for example, means a case that feels cheap and plasticky on the sides and back. The on-off switch and volume controls are poorly placed along an inside edge.

    Plugging in the charger is difficult: You have to align its protruding tabs just so, and I kept accidentally yanking the cable out when I picked up the device or tried to use it while charging. And the pull-out door covering the micro USB port and SD card slot feels like it’s just waiting to break off.

    The brain of the Tablet S is Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor, the same chip that powers the Galaxy Tab. Yet the pre-production unit I was testing felt appreciably more sluggish than the Galaxy when scrolling through Windows or launching applications.

    Like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-Inch, it has Flash — as in the Adobe software for viewing many Web videos and animations. But it has no flash — as in a light for its rear-facing camera when you shoot stills or video. (There’s a front-facing camera as well, for video chatting.) I was easily able to get a full day’s use from the Tablet S battery, but at eight hours, it isn’t quite up to the iPad 2’s 10.

    Unusually for a Sony product, I found more to like on the software front. The S includes an app that turns it into a universal remote control for your various home audio-visual devices. I was able to control not just Sony products but also a Panasonic TV and Motorola set-top box.

    The Tablet S’s performance felt considerably zippier when I was playing games than when I was doing more mundane tasks. You’ll be able to download PlayStation games directly to the device, and it comes with two pre-installed, the vintage Crash Bandicoot and Pinball Heroes — here’s a tip for the latter: Hold the tablet with the fat side down to keep your thumbs from accidentally hitting the Home button in a flipper frenzy.

    The preproduction model I was using couldn’t access Sony’s Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited services, so I couldn’t tell you how well they work. Ditto for the app that turns the Tablet S into an e-book viewer compatible with Sony’s line of Reader devices; it wasn’t yet available.

    The S is Sony’s first tablet, but not its last. The company is getting ready to introduce another, the P, with an even more unusual design: twin screens that fold up like an oversize eyeglass case.

    In a world of all-but-indistinguishable Android devices, it’s good to see Sony innovating and taking risks. But style points don’t overcome its practical shortcomings. 

    Article Source: thejakartaglobe.com

    Amazon Reportedly Poised to Launch a Tablet Computer

    Technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.

    Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps, in a blog post accompanying a report released Monday, said Amazon taking on Apple is a "bit like David taking on Goliath."

    But Rotman Epps said Amazon's "willingness to sell hardware at a loss combined with the strength of its brand, content, cloud infrastructure, and commerce assets makes it the only credible iPad competitor in the market."

    "If Amazon launches a tablet at a sub-$300 price point -- assuming it has enough supply to meet demand -- we see Amazon selling 3-5 million tablets in the fourth quarter alone," she said.

    The Seattle, Washington-based Amazon, maker of the Kindle electronic book reader, is capable of "disrupting not only Apple's product strategy but other tablet manufacturers' as well," the Forrester Research analyst said.

    Apple sold 9.25 million iPads last quarter and dominates the market for the multi-media devices, which are also being produced by South Korea's Samsung, Blackberry maker Research In Motion and scores of other companies.

    But none of the iPad's rivals has managed to put a scare so far into the California-based gadget-maker whose legendary co-founder Steve Jobs stepped down as chief executive last week.

    Citing disappointing sales, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard killed its iPad competitor, the TouchPad, last week after just seven weeks on the market.

    According to technology research firm Gartner, the iPad will account for 68.7 percent of the 69.7 million tablets to be sold this year and will remain the top-selling device over the next few years.

    Amazon has not publicly announced plans to produce a tablet but numerous press reports have said the online retail giant will come out with one this year.

    The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer powered by Google's Android operating system before October.

    The New York Post, citing a "a source with knowledge of the plans," said last week that Amazon will enter the tablet fray in late September or October with a device that costs "hundreds less than the entry-point $499 iPad."

    Like with the low-priced Kindle, Amazon would not be looking to make a profit on the hardware but from digital content such as books, music, movies and games and applications sold for the device.

    Forrester's Rotman Epps said the arrival of an Amazon tablet could also encourage Android software developers to create more programs.

    Apple's App Store currently boasts more than 100,000 applications for the iPad while just a few hundred have been created for tablets running a version of Android called Honeycomb.

    "If Amazon?s Android-based tablet sells in the millions, Android will suddenly appear much more attractive to developers who have taken a wait-and-see approach," Rotman Epps said.

    "The bottom line: A year from now, 'Amazon' will be synonymous with 'Android' on tablets, a strong second to Apple's iPad," she predicted.

    Amazon shares were up 3.04 percent in early afternoon trading on Wall Street at $205.33 while Apple shares gained 1.54 percent to $389.48.

    Amazon May Unveil New Tablet to Compete With iPad

    With nearly 30 million iPads sold, Apple is the undisputed tablet computer champion.

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard, South Korea’s Samsung and scores of other companies with devices powered by Google’s Android software have all taken swings at the iPad and missed.

    A contender may finally be here.

    Amazon, maker of the Kindle electronic book reader, is expected to unveil an Android-powered tablet at an event in New York this week according to numerous press reports.

    The Seattle-based online retail giant is holding a press conference in the Big Apple on Wednesday but has enigmatically declined to say what it was about.

    According to the technology blog TechCrunch, the Amazon device will be called the “Kindle Fire” and will feature a seven-inch screen, smaller than the iPad’s 9.7-inch display.

    It will ship in the second week of November, TechCrunch said.

    Technology analysts are predicting that an Amazon tablet could pose the most serious challenge yet to Apple’s dominance of the fast-growing tablet market.

    “More than any other recent tablet introduction, Amazon’s entry is set to shake the still-solidifying market to its very core,” independent technology analyst Carmi Levy said.

    “Unlike hardware manufacturers who lack the pockets and the resolve to slug it out with Apple in a protracted war over market share, Amazon has both the resources and the will to stay in the game as long as it needs to,” he said.

    Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps, in a recent blog post, said Amazon taking on Apple is a “bit like David taking on Goliath.”

    But Rotman Epps said Amazon’s “willingness to sell hardware at a loss combined with the strength of its brand, content, cloud infrastructure, and commerce assets makes it the only credible iPad competitor in the market.”

    According to technology research firm Gartner, the iPad will account for 68.7 percent of the 69.7 million tablets sold this year and will remain the top-selling device over the next few years.

    While Gartner said Android-powered tablets will see their market share rise from 14.2 percent last year to 19.9 percent this year, most of Apple’s tablet rivals are struggling.

    Samsung is mired in global legal battles with Apple over patent infringement claims, HP discontinued production of its TouchPad after just seven weeks and RIM shipped only 200,000 PlayBooks last quarter, when Apple sold 9.25 million iPads.

    Levy and other analysts said they expect Amazon to significantly undercut Apple on price. Apple’s cheapest iPad sells for $499 but Levy said an Amazon tablet could start at around $250.

    “Since Amazon is in the business of moving content and not hardware, I expect its tablet to be very aggressively priced,” he said. “An artificially low price point would also put pressure on Apple — something no competitor has been able to do thus far.”

    Citi analyst Mark Mahaney said a recent survey indicates that tablet buyers are very price-conscious.

    “Pricing remains a critical factor, and $200-$300 is an important range to draw new buyers into the tablet market,” Mahaney said in a research note.

    “Amazon faces a significantly large tablet opportunity given its history with being price competitive, ability to enjoy very low distribution costs [compared to other tablet brands], and its ability to integrate top consumer-preferred activities on tablets,” the Citi analyst said.

    Forrester is predicting that Amazon could sell 3 million to 5 million tablets in the fourth quarter alone with a device priced under $300.

    Like with the Kindle, Amazon would not be looking to make a profit on the hardware but from digital content such as books, music, movies and games and applications sold for the device.

    “Amazon doesn’t need to maximize its profits on every tablet sold,” Levy said. “It’ll take thinner margins — or even per-unit losses — if that means getting as many Amazon tablets into consumers’ hands before the all-important Christmas shopping season.”

    Source: thejakartaglobe.com