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On Saturday a Bloomberg news report claims from anonymous sources that Amazon is planning to release a thinner, slimmer, sleeker kindle. The report states that the Kindle will have a sharper picture than the original Kindle and will be available on Amazon in August.
Other rumours from sources close the online retailer Amazon told Bloomberg that the eBook would not have a touch screen or a colour display. The display will however be much sharper than the previous model and have a lot better user ease. The model will also be much more responsive than the last Kindle.
In an annual Amazon shareholder meeting this week it was announced that the colour screen is still in progress. CEO Jeff Bezos says they are in the progress of developing it but it would not be a feature of the new slimmer version set to be released in August.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Bezos as saying he had “seen several things in the laboratory, but they are not quite ready for production.”
In February the New York Times also stated that Amazon had brought Touchco. Touchco is a New York company developing multi touch panels. There was speculation at this point that they were planning to release a similar item to the iPad by apple.
On Tuesday Bezos made it clear to the public that Amazon intends to keep the Kindle focused of being a reading device and doesn’t plan to expand it or create a device similar to the iPad tablet.
The release in August is currently not confirmed by any sources as the email sent by CNET to Amazon was never responded to and not confirmed.
Sony also revealed that it is releasing its own Reader. It launched in the US in 2006 and this year will be released in Japan, Europe, China, and Australia.
