Posted on Thursday, September 01 2011 @ 15:09 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
heard rumors that Amazon's 10.1" tablet will hit mass production in the first quarter of 2012, while the 7" edition should arrive this October.
Mass production of Amazon's 10.1-inch tablet PC reportedly will be conducted in the first quarter of 2012 with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to handle the orders, according to sources from upstream component suppliers.
In addition to the tablet PC, Amazon also outsources its Kindle e-book reader to Foxconn with an estimated volume of 15-18 million units, accounting for 60-70% of global e-book reader shipments of 25-30 million units in 2011.
