>Why wait? The Nook can do that now.
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>>I think Amazon just froze the linebackers. Since my primary use for a tablet will be to read PDF books and documents, I'm waiting for the upcoming Amazon tablet.
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>>( though the first iteration is outsourced and their in-house version not scheduled til end of 2012. )
So will my Kindle but I want a big screen ( and color ) Nook is only 7" or so, no?
(Meanwhile my laptop collection include my Dell xps 1210 that has a 10" screen, will do portrait and doesn't weigh a whole lot more than an iPad. Of course its not as cool because I doesn't have a touch screen and has a keyboard, usb ports, flash etc but ... )
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