Amazon's Expanded Tablet Push - Technology Review

Attempting to read more Amazon tea leaves

"One of the most intriguing things about the Reuters report is its use of Amazon’s hiring efforts to try to infer the organization’s plans (since Parneros, alas, was only so forthcoming). For instance, Reuters builds a strong case that Amazon is working on a smartphone based on recent job postings for Amazon’s Lab126 research and design center in Silicon Valley. For instance, the lab’s “Field Quality Engineer” will need to coordinate with carriers--and it’d be nice if such a person had “prior wireless or related field test experience that covers smart phones or smart devices a plus.” The smoking gun on that Kindle phone?"

Amazon's Expanded Tablet Push - Technology Review