Our buddies over at eWEEK have been talking to Citigroup's analyst Mark Mahaney. He believes that Amazon is in pursuit to make a Kindle Phone by the end of next year. This would be a big step for Amazon, as they have already entered the tablet market with the Kindle Fire, now it looks as if they wish to enter the smartphone market. Lets face it Android fans, we don't care who builds the phone that slays the iPhone, we just care if it's running Android or not. I would assume that Amazon would use Android in their phone and so does Mr. Mahaney as well. They do have an App Store dedicated to Android Apps so it would make sense to make a phone running Android. I really doubt Apple will let them use their iOS. So it stands to good reason that they would use Android. (They wouldn't dare use Windows, would they? Lets hope not.)
Can Amazon pull off a smartphone? I believe they can. There are some seriously talented people within Amazon, and I'm sure they are seeing the bigger picture for the future of mobile phones. If anyone has the money to give Apple a fight, I believe Amazon is that company, and would love to see what they bring to the smartphone world. Now all of this is just speculation from one analyst. Until Amazon themselves announce a Kindle phone, these are all just rumors.( Oh but how we love rumors!) Check out the source to see what Mr. Mahaney had to say.
Tell us if you would pick up an Amazon phone in the comments section.
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This is really amazing ! I love to see AMAZON in the Smartphone market after making their success in KINDLE FIRE, now they will definitely rocks with this market too…