LONDON-
Amazon and Apple are preparing new versions of the Kindlefire and iPad tablets for a showdown in the first half of next year, according
to the technology rumour mill.
The updated Kindlefire Is
said to have an 8.9-inch touch screen, compared to the current versions 7-inch
display.
News site the Register , citing Taipei- based Citigroup
investments Research hardware research analyst Kevin Chang, said TMS- a
division of Hon Hai , Foxconn’s parent company-was manufacturing the “8.9
–inch Amazon tablet’’.
According to the Taiwanese technology Blog Digitimes, the
electronic manufacturing giant Foxconn will begin production of the new Kindlefire in
the first quarter of next year, in time for launch in the second the quarter.
Apple third-generation iPad will reportedly debut around the
same time.
Citing’’ our most reliable source. ‘’Apple news site
iLounge’s editor-in-chief Jeremy Horowitz said that the tablet will get the
extra the girth thanks to twin light-bars necessary to support a
higher-resolution display thought to be the ‘’retina’’ screen which made its
debut on the iPhone 4, The report said that the tablet is scheduled for a March
release- the usual for Apple up this point- thought it speculated that it could
be ‘’publicly’’ shown as early as January.
According to IT new site Techradar, the
ipad 3 will have a 2,048x1,536 pixel display, which will require another LED
light bar to sustain the display’s bright colours.
Digitimes- which has had spotty record on Apple
speculation – reinforced that belief with a report earlier this month that
Apple was considering the extra bar. The Digitimes report added that LED bars
addressed concern about heat and battery consumption.
It would set up an intriguing head-to-head clash next spring
between Amazon and Apple; the iPad has so far dominated the tablet
computing market.
The Android-based kindle fire , introduced in the United
States this month, is widely seen as the most credible challenger yet.It
costs half the price of an iPad 2. But has received mixed reviews , saying that
it lacks polish. A quick update with improved specifications could mark the
start of the real contest with Apple.The iPad 3 is expected to keep the
technological pressure up on rivals with an upgraded processor for increasingly
demanding tablet apps, the apple A6 is thought to be based on the British firm
ARM’s new four-core architecture.
The iPad 2’s A5 processor has only two cores.
Rounding off the rumours, iLounge reported the next iPhone
may have a bigger 4-inch display and be 8mm longer.
It will not have the rumoured tear-drop design and is
still in very early stages of development.
The iLounge report rounded off its speculation by saying
Apple’s MacBook pro will also get a design refresh, with the tagline ‘’think
thinner’’
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