This is such a cool idea

A Kindle for the Blind? U.S. Researchers Working on an Affordable Braille Tablet

The engineers are currently working on an entirely new technology for building what it hopes will be a more affordable Braille tablet. The device under development incorporates a “microfluid” display comprising tiny bubbles that fill with air or liquid and pop up as Braille characters.

Curiosity...

Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot: The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail

The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks, and if the hands-on description of an internal prototype by MG Siegler over at Techcrunch are even vaguely correct, then it's going to be a 7in device with a colour touchscreen running a forked version of Android, at a price around $250. (UK price still unknown).

Note that "forked" bit, because it could be crucial.

The expectation around Amazon and its entry to the tablet market has been building, partly because it is the first – and possibly the only – company that people think could pose a serious threat to Apple in the tablet space.

If you're remotely interested in it, read this article, where the author purports to have held and used one of the preview devices, and also go to the Techcrunch link. It seems to have some advantages, but with some major pauses, too. I'm keeping an eye on it, though. One thing, though, if I got one, I'd definitely have to set up a wi-fi network, which I currently don't have, at home. But that's not too bad, just need a router.

Whoopee!

Amazon Tablet to Launch in Fall

at a much lower anticipated cost than an iPad. Powered by Google's Android system and reportedly in one article I read with Intel innards, it could really challenge Apple.

I really want to see what it looks like and what it will sell for, and whether it's a successor to, or companion of, the Kindle.

:D The next step

Amazon tablets expected by October: Wall Street Journal sources: 1.5 million 9-inch screen tablets to run on Android

I wonder what the starting price will be?