By: Aseem Gaurav on June 14, 2011
Rumors suggest that the upcoming Android tablet from Amazon might feature a free video streaming service for early buyers of the device.
The gadget is also referred to by the code name “Hollywood” and there are reports that the tablet may feature a quad-core processor running on the Android Honeycomb OS.
It is likely that the Amazon tablet would complement the company's existing line-up of e-ink Kindle e-readers.
With such speculation slowly taking shape, it is also tipped that Amazon will leverage its range of services and apps on the tablet, just as to compete with other Android tablets from Samsung and Motorola. The tablet is likely to integrate Amazon’s Cloud Locker streaming music service, which is recently launched in March by offering 20GB of Cloud Drive storage. To make it more popular, the company started selling digital copies of Lady Gaga’s Born this Way album for a price of $.99.
However, it is still not clear whether the movie streaming service will come at a price or it would be free for all, at least for a limited period of time. But according to Detwiler Fenton, a consumer research firm in Boston, Amazon may offer the free movie service exclusively to the first wave of early adopters who purchase their upcoming tablets.
It seems like a device with such features would find itself between full-fledged tablets and the Nook Color.
So, would you be interested in the Amazon Hollywood tablet? Let us know with your comments.
