Here's Everything We Know About Amazon's Secret Tablet So Far

It will run a special fork of Android, but won't look at all like the Android tablets we've seen so far.

New information from MG Siegler on TechCrunch confirm that it's running Android -- but a special forked version created by Amazon and it won't look anything like other Android tablets. It won't contain links to any Google services.

It's going to run a bunch of Amazon apps.

Not surprisingly, according to today's TechCrunch report, the tablet will run all Amazon apps -- the music player is Amazon Cloud Drive, the movie player is the Amazon Instant Video Player, and the app store is the Amazon App Store.

There will be two tablets available -- a smaller one code-named Coyote and a larger one called Hollywood.

The smaller one is coming out in a matter of weeks. The larger one won't be out until next year.

The smaller one will replace the Kindle and the larger one will compete with the iPad 2.

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Coyote will be powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. The Hollywood tablet will be much more powerful with a quad-core NVIDIA processor.

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A company called Wintek will supply the touchscreens.

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Wintek is known for their e-ink products. Will the Amazon tablet use e-ink?

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The smaller one could cost $249 -- the same price as the Nook Color

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That's cheaper than every other tablet on the market, and about half the price of the iPad.

Its front-facing camera lens will be made by Newmax Technology. We're unsure if it will have a rear-facing camera.

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Waiting for the next iPad instead?

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