Amazon is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of 2014, according to WSJ sources.
The retailer has been demonstrating versions of the handset to developers in San Francisco and its hometown Seattle in recent weeks, these people said. People briefed on the company's plans have been told that Amazon aims to announce the phone by the end of June and begin shipping phones by the end of September, ahead of the holiday shopping season.
The company reportedly plans to distinguish its smartphone from competitors by offering a glasses-free 3D display. The device would utilize retina-tracking technology and four front-facing cameras to make images appear to be 3D.
A previous report detailed how this might work, "Using retina-tracking technology, images on the smartphone would seem to float above the screen like a hologram and appear three-dimensional at all angles... Users may be able to navigate through content using just their eyes"
The news of an Amazon smartphone comes just after the company announced Amazon Fire TV, a video streaming box that competes with the Apple TV.
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nitays - April 14, 2014 at 8:34am
Amazon is a poor company, that tries (just like Samsung) to defend itself with mocking competitors. Too bad Amazon, nobody likes your tablets and phones....
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gamerscul9870 - April 14, 2014 at 10:52am
Yeah after seeing cortana trying to beat Siri after it being out 3 years, the same happens to their new "fire" box except Apple TV been out since '06. Don't think these guys will with it either even with size.
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gamerscul9870 - April 13, 2014 at 2:07am
Not as much as you and your perspective.
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Fukran John - April 12, 2014 at 10:46am
Good move.
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gamerscul9870 - April 12, 2014 at 12:56am
That would be a score if apple already planned this for iPhone 6 and ipad and MacBook and iMac update.
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